Patalachi Londonwari, Mumbai: Lok wangmay (1993) trams in knnada by Sathkad and Hindi by Shailesh Pandey.

As a creative writer he is Ngugi wa Thiong'o of Marathi and as a culturalist –comparatist he is Raymond Williams of India. For example, his ‘Patalachi Londanvari’ translated in to Kannada and Hindi is considered the first true travel writing of the marginal Indian, and ‘In search of my Kolhapur’ the first travel of a District, ‘Granthani Rachlela Mahapurush’ a first literary biography and so on. Whatever genre he tried he made his work. His book on 'Comparative Literature :Theory and practice' translated in to Hindi is a text book all over India. This cultural tuen made him the leading comparatist and culturalist in India who went abroad for seven times on the academic tours. He was turned down by those so called scholars who had never published a single book in Maharashtra. Patil ventured where no Marathi Marathi writer had ever trod. He reached where Maharashtrian writers have reached seldom including publishing articles in Ariel, comparative and culture studies, Oxford and Cambridge Companions in the Western countries. Once after he joined the Goa University as a Reader in English he has reached to the new heights.

His autobiographical element and mastery of rural language was so powerful that he was described as a rising sun of Marathi rural writing. Anand Patil become a name to be conjured with in rural fiction. Patil’s first short story ‘Khep' published in the most prestigious periodical ‘Satyakatha’(1971) and novella Kagud in 'Mouji' (1984) earned him the nickname ‘Kagudwala’ Patil given by stalwart fivtionist Shankar Patil. After retirement he was the visiting Professor of Delhi University, Patan and Nagpur University. Patil taught English language and Literature in various colleges of Rayat Shikshan Sanstha for 24 years and later comparative Literature and creative writing in Department of English, Goa University and school of Languages and Literature in Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University, Nanded. His contributions are shortly elaborated here.

Patil has contributed immensely in field of education and literature. dissertation which was published both in English and Marathi.ĭr. The UGC Teachership and British council visitorship enabled him to submit the meritorious Ph.D. in Entire English from shivaji university Kolhapur, Maharashtra. He joined the ‘Earn and Learn’ scheme of Karmveer Bhaurao Patil and received Merit scholarship for M.A. Patil was born on 3 July 1945 in a remote village in the range of Sahyadri Mountain in Maharashtra. 5 Critical Books Published on Patil’s Writings.4 Literary Awards and Appreciation Received by Patil.3.8 English Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies.3.7 Marathi Comparative and Cultural Studies.

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