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'''Dattatraya Ganesh Godse''' ([[Devanagari]]: दत्तात्रय गणेश गोडसे, द. ग. गोडसे) (3 July 1914 – 5 January 1992) was an Indian historian, playwright, art critic, art director, theatre and costume designer, and illustrator. He received a [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition&honours_drama_OAT.html |title=Akademi Awards, Drama, Other Aspects of Theatre |accessdate=28 November 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124135817/http://www.sangeetnatak.com/programmes_recognition%26honours_drama_OAT.html |archivedate=24 November 2007 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> He wrote almost exclusively in Marathi.<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
He was born in Vadhode village in [[Jalgaon]] district of [[Maharashtra]], India. He did his schooling in [[Saoner]] [[Nagpur]]. He attended Morris College, [[Nagpur]] and [[Wilson College, Mumbai]]. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and English. He was also trained in fine arts at [[Slade School of Fine Art]].<br />
Wife: Sheela Godse,<br />
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Daughter: Medha Keeriyott,<br />
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Son: Anand Godse<br />
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==Career==<br />
Godse wrote on a wide range of subjects: historical figures including [[Shivaji]], [[Mastani]], and [[Samarth Ramdas|Ramdas]]; literature; plays; architecture; sculpture; and art, including [[Buddhist art]]. He wrote an essay on [[Thomas Daniell]]'s 1790 painting of the [[Peshwa]] court at [[Pune]].<br />
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In the manner of the historians and critics [[Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade]], [[Madhukar Vasudev Dhond]], Godse wrote almost exclusively in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<br />
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Ashok R. Kelkar, a scholar in linguistics, literature, and semiotics, commented that Godse's work is "a body of important, if controversial, work in art history from the [[vitalist]] point of view."<ref name="Kelkar">{{cite web|url=http://www.ciil-ebooks.net/html/kelkar/html1/g78.htm |title=On Aesthesis and Art |author=Kelkar, Ashok R. |accessdate=28 November 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928092756/http://www.ciil-ebooks.net/html/kelkar/html1/g78.htm |archivedate=28 September 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref> He added that Godse's decision to write in Marathi was "fortunate in so far as it was instrumental in bringing art history home to the Marathi reader."<ref name="Kelkar"/><br />
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Godse illustrated many books and magazines. He was theatre designer for over one hundred and seven plays. He also was art director for three Marathi and two Hindi films.<br />
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==Books==<br />
* ''Vada-Savada Ani Nishada Sama'' (2003) (Coauthored with [[M.V. Rajadhyaksha]])<br />
* ''Daphtanī'' दफ्तनी (1992)<br />
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[[File:Book_cover_of_D_G_Godse's_book.jpg|thumb|right|Cover of Godse's book Nangi Asalele Phulapākharū (नांगी असलेले फुलपाखरू), 1989 Publisher [[Popular Prakashan]]; The cover is done by Godse himself and the picture there is inspired by [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]]'s 'butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail']]<br />
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* ''Nangi Asalele Phulapākharū'' नांगी असलेले फुलपाखरू (1989)<br />
* ''Mastānī'' मस्तानी (1989)<br />
* ''Ūrjāyana'' उर्जायन (1985)<br />
* ''Mātāvala'' मातावळ (1981)<br />
* ''Samande Talāśa'' समंदे तलाश (1981)<br />
* ''Gatimānī'' गतिमानी (1976)<br />
* ''Kālagangechyā Kāthī'' काळगंगेच्या काठी (1974)<br />
* ''Shakti Saushthava'' शक्ती सौष्ठव (1972)<br />
* ''Pota'' पोत (1963)<br />
* ''Lokghati'' लोकघाटी<br />
* ''Pratima'' प्रतिमा (translation)<br />
* ''Shakuntala'' शाकुन्तल (Translation of ''[[Abhijñānaśākuntalam]]'')<br />
* ''Song'' सोंग<br />
* ''Sambhajiche Bhoot'' संभाजीचे भूत<br />
* ''Kahi Kavadse'' काही कवडसे<br />
* Essay on [[Dinanath Dalal]]: 'The Genius from an Enchanted land’<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* ''D.G. Godse Yanchi Kalamimansa,'' Edited by [[Sarojini Vaidya]], Vasant Patankar (Marathi), 1997 ("द. ग. गोडसे यांची कलामीमांसा" संपादक: सरोजिनी वैद्य, वसंत पाटणकर)Publisher: Department of Marathi, Mumbai University and Popular Prakashan<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.loksatta.com/lokrang-news/d-g-godse-163851/ Article on D G Godse] by [[M.V. Rajadhyaksha]] in a Marathi newspaper<br />
* [http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/21402551.cms Article on D G Godse by artist Bal Thakur in a Marathi newspaper]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=inauthor%3A%22Dattatraya+Ganesh+Godse%22 Books Authored by Dattatraya Ganesh Godse]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=Dattatraya+Ganesh+Godse+-inauthor%3A%22Dattatraya+Ganesh+Godse%22 Books that reference Dattatraya Ganesh Godse]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=D+G+Godse+-inauthor%3A%22Dattatraya+Ganesh+Godse%22 Books that reference D G Godse]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=CukvAAAAIAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 Indian Writing Today edited by Bombay Centre for Indian writers]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=U5FdJnnDhSwC&pg=PA173&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ Creative pasts By Prachi Deshpande]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=uwFlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 Rasa: Theatre and cinema By Bimal Mukherjee, Sunil Kothari, Ananda Lal, Chidananda Das Gupta]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=KjUZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 Indian literature By Sahitya Akademi]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=QWoaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 Indian publishing in the seventies By Bijaẏa Kumāra Dāśa, National Book Trust]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=k6A4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 New directions in the Marathi theatre By Jnaneshvar Ganpat Nadkarni]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=jcqfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=kcRJSs7dNYrClQSd2J3sCQ&pgis=1 Ellora Caves, sculptures and architecture By Ratan Parimoo, Deepak Kannal, Shivaji Panikkar]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=dP5kAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=kcRJSs7dNYrClQSd2J3sCQ&pgis=1 Mahabharata in performance By Manohar Laxman Varadpande]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=OgscAAAAIAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=kcRJSs7dNYrClQSd2J3sCQ&pgis=1 Contemporary Marathi literature By V. R. Kanadey]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=UvXVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=RcVJSom2MpeSkATBrZz-CQ&pgis=1 Husain, riding the lightning By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni]<br />
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=nrItAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=RcVJSom2MpeSkATBrZz-CQ&pgis=1 Modern thought and contemporary literary trends By B. Narsing Rao, Qadīr Zamān̲]<br />
* [http://www.goahinduasso.org/act_cultural2d.php The Goa Hindu Association]<br />
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