Nationality Indian Died May 5, 1918, Jalgaon | Name Tryambak Thombre Occupation Poet | |
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Full Name Tryambak Bapuji Thombre Born 13 August 1890 Dharangaon,Dist-Jalgaon.(Maharashtra) | ||
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Tryambak Bapuji Thombre (13 August 1890 – 5 May 1918) was an Indian Marathi poet. He used the pen name Balkavi, which is also spelled as Baalkavi or Baal-kavi.
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Memorable poems by balkavi bairagi
Early life
He spent a period of his childhood with writer and poet Narayan Tilak. Narayan Vaman Tilak was a Marathi poet from the Konkan region of the Bombay Presidency in British Raj and a convert to Christianity. Narayan Tilak identified the talent within Tryambak and brought him to his home. Laxmibai Tilak had a motherly relationship with Balkavi. She mentioned some of her memories of Balkavi in her autobiography 'Smruti Chitre'.
Notable work
Thombre's poems are marked by exuberant language. Notable works include:
References
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