Died 1964 (aged 80–81) Citizenship Indian Role Writer | Occupation Writer Nationality Indian Name Bhargavaram Varerkar | |
Native name भार्गवराम विठ्ठल वरेरकर Born 1883Chiplun ( 1883 ) | ||
Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar (Marathi: भार्गवराम विठ्ठल वरेरकर) (1883 - 1964) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
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Varterkar was born in 1883 in Chiplun in the Konkan region. He attended high schools in Malvan, Dapoli and Ratnagiri. Before graduating he left his studies, worked for a while as a postal clerk, then migrated to Mumbai.
Varterkar wrote the play Kunjawihari (कुंजविहारी) in 1907. He wrote other plays with historic, mythological and social themes; he wrote many novels, short stories and film scripts. His writings strongly reflected his empathy for laborers under the dominance of their employers and the plight of women under male dominance.
He translated into Marathi many novels of Bengali writer Sharat Chandra Chatterji.
Varerkar presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Dhule in 1944.