Bhau Panchbhai

Bhau Panchabhai(1 March 1944 - 21Jan 2016 @ 5.30am) is a Marathi poet, writer, and Dalit activist. Panchbhai is best known for his first poetry collection Hunkaar Vadaalnche (हुंकार वादळांचे) for which he was awarded by Government of Maharashtra for best poetry collection that year(1989). His poetry is considered as a prototype of Ambedkarite poetry and is translated in various languages including English. He lives at Nagpur and works as a lawyer. He was awarded Laxmibai Ingole Kavya Puruskar by the laxmibai ingole foundation amravati in 2015 for his contribution to the ambedkarite literature.