List of Marathi people in literature and journalism

Literature

Bhavabhuti – was an 8th-century Sanskrit scholar of India noted for his plays and poetry.

Narayan Hari Apte – screenplay writer of famous Duniya Na Mane/Kunku (Marathi cinema) based on his novel "Na Patnari Goshta"

Arun Kolatkar – poet of 20th century Marathi poetry, His poetry had an influence on modern Marathi poets. His first book of English poetry, Jejuri, is a collection 31 poems pertaining to a visit of his to a religious place with the same name Jejuri in Maharashtra; the book won Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1977.

Pu La Deshpande – Marathi writer and musician, He was also an accomplished film and stage actor, music composer, harmonium player, singer, and orator. He was often referred to as "Maharashtrache Laadke Vyaktimatva" (roughly translated as "Maharashtra's beloved personality").

Ram Ganesh Gadkari – Playwright

Satish Alekar –a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director, a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. A founder member of the Theatre Academy of Pune.He is one of the most influential and progressive playwrights not just in modern Marathi theatre, but also larger modern Indian theatre. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Playwriting (Marathi) in 1994, by Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. He received the award "Padamshree" in January 2012.

G. A. Kulkarni – was a legendary Sahitya Akademi Award winner Marathi writer of short stories.

Vijay Tendulkar – Contemporary Indian playwright

Pu La Deshpande – Marathi writer, playwright, Actor and musician

V P Kale - Marathi writer and storyteller

Vasant Kanetkar – Playwright

V.S. Khandekar – Jnanpith Award winner of 1974

Acharya Atre – Popular satirist, editor, activist and writer

Namdev Dhasal – Poet, writer and columnist

Laxman Mane – Writer from depressed tribal caste, Known for novels Upara, Uchlya

Bahinabai Chaudhari – Famous Ahirani poet

Daya Pawar – Autobiographical writer of "Balut"

Hari Narayan Apte – (म्हैसूरचा वाघ) was his first historical novel on Tipu Sultan

Vishram Bedekar – Novelist

Malati Bedekar – Feminist story writer

Jaywant Dalvi – Playwright

Hamid Dalwai – Novelist and social activist

Bhalachandra Nemade – Novelist

Mahesh Elkunchwar – Playwright

Gangadhar Gadgil – Writer

Shridhar Bhaskar Warnekar – Wrote many Sanskrit poems and verses, won Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit

Madhu Limaye – was an Indian Socialist essayist and activist

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (Marathi: गोपाळ गणेश आगरकर) – He was the first editor ofKesari

Gajanan Digambar Madgulkar – Modern Valmiki of India

Shivaji Sawant – writer of Mritunjay

Suresh Bhat – Gajhalkar.

Vishnu Vaman Shirwadkar – "Kusumagraj", Jnanapeeth awardee

D. M. Mirasdar – Writer on rural characters

Ratnakar Matkari – Supernatural story writer

Dilip Chitre – Poet, translator, filmmaker

Saleel Wagh – Poet

Narayan Gangaram Surve – Received Padma Shri in 1998, for excellence in Literature

Vishwas Patil – Writer of "Panipat"

Hemant Divate – Poet and Editor/Publisher of Poetry

Manya Joshi – New generation poet

Vilas Sarang

Shanta Shelke – Classical Poet

Indira Sant – Classical Poet

Arun Sadhu – Non Fictional writer, biographer, journalist

Vinda Karandikar – Jnanpith Award winner of 2003

Madhu Mangesh Karnik – Writer

Irawati Karve – Writer, critic

Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave – Was president of Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Pune

Historians

Govind Sakharam Sardesai – Historian and writer

Vithal Krishnaji Khedkar – Was one of the founders of Prarthana Samaj in Bombay & original author of a book later published The Divine Heritage of the Yadavas

Ninad Bedekar – Historian and writer

Vishwas Patil – "Panipatkar", recipient of Bhartiya Parishad Award, Gadkari Award & several other prestigious awards

Datto Vaman Potdar – Due to vast knowledge he was called as Dr. Johnson of Maharashtra or a living encyclopaedia,The Government of India had honoured Potdar with the title Mahamahopadhyaya (महामहोपाध्याय) in 1946, and Padma bhushan in 1967.

Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar – His articles introduced reader to "Western" tradition of literacy criticism

Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade – He was considered to be the first in real sense to undertake an immense research of Maratha history

Dattatraya Ganesh Godse – Historian, playwright, art critic, he received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1988

Tryambak Shankar Shejwalkar - was the first historian to study the Third Battle of Panipat

Vasudev Vishnu Mirashi – For his vital contribution to the Indian history he was honoured with the title Mahamahopadhyaya (महामहोपाध्याय) by the British Indian Government in 1941. He was also awarded Padma bhushan in 1975 by the President of India.

Anant Sadashiv Altekar – In 1947 Altekar was elected the First Chairman of the Numismatic Society of India

Shridhar Venkatesh Ketkar – His doctoral thesis was later published as The History of Caste in India (volume 1), which determines the date of Manusmriti

Babasaheb Purandare – Historian who researched Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Annabhau Sathe – He was a founder member of the Lal Bawta Kalapathak of the Communist Party in Maharashtra, people conferred the epithet Lok Shahir

Columnists and Journalists

Bal Gangadhar Tilak - an Indian nationalist, journalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement. The British colonial authorities called him "Father of the Indian unrest". Tilak used to run his two newspapers, Kesari, in Marathi and Mahratta in English.

Gopal Ganesh Agarkar (14 July 1856 – 17 June 1895), He was the first editor of the weekly Kesari and founder and editor of periodical Sudhaarak.

Nanasaheb Parulekar (20 September 1898 – 8 January 1973), a founder of Marathi-language newspaper Sakal and chairman of the Press Trust of India, a news agency.

Bal Thackeray, cartoonist for The Free Press Journal and founder of Marathi-language newspaper Saamana and Hindi-language newspaper Dophar Ka Saamana

Rajdeep Sardesai –A news reader and author, was a Co-promoter CNN-IBN, initially worked with NDTV, later joined CNN-IBN. Sardesai is currently a consulting editor at the India Today group and will be doing a marquee show for Headlines Today. He has won numerous other awards for journalistic excellence, including the prestigious Padma Shri for Journalism in 2008. He has been the President of the Editors Guild of India and was also chosen as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the world economic forum.

Anubha Bhonsle, a television and print journalist, a winner of the Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Political Reporter, 2012 and the Chameli Devi Award for Woman Media Person of the Year, 2014.

Nikhil Wagle - He established the Marathi and Hindi newspaper Mahanagar. In mid-2000s, Wagle joined the Network 18 group. He became the editor-in-chief of IBN Lokmat, a Marathi news channel. He resigned in July 2014.

Shobhaa De – Columnist, author and publisher, she is the cousin of ace photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha

Nanasaheb Parulekar – Founder Editor of Sakal

Uttam Kamble – Is the Chief Editor of Sakal Media Group, into journalism for the past 30 years

Balshastri Jambhekar – Father of Marathi journalism, Founder of Darpan

Vidyadhar Gokhale – Playwright, poet and former Editor of daily Loksatta

Govind Talwalkar – Former Editor of daily Maharashtra Times

Sanjay Raut – Author columnist and Editor of daily Saamana

Vaman Gopal Joshi – Editor of Rashtramat and Swatantra Hindustan during the freedom struggle of India

Arun Sadhu – Was as a professor and the head of the Department of Communication and Journalism at Pune University

Sandip Ramrao Kale – Is Associate Editor with Sakal Media group and is chief of Young Inspirators Network (YIN)