Background
He was born on June 29, 1871 in Nagpur.
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Shripad Krushna Kolhatkar
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At age 17, he finished his high school education and joined Deccan College in Pune to receive his bachelor"s degree in1891.
Career
While in high school, he wrote a play named Sukha Malika (सुखमालिका). During his high school years and, later, college years, he widely read both English and Marathi literature, the latter particularly including Vishnushastri Krushnashastri Chiplunkar"s Nibandhamala (निबंधमाला). After obtaining a law degree in 1897, he started his law practice in Akola and thenJalgaon Jamod.
Kolhatkar was a pioneer in the field of humor as well as literary criticism in Marathi.
He wrote a 110-page critique on the play Totayache Banda (तोतयाचे बंड) of Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar, which included his thoughts on the art of writing plays, and he wrote a 135-page critique on the novel Ragini (रागिणी) of Vaman Malhar Joshi, which included his thoughts on the art of writing novels. Kolhatkar also wrote 12 plays.
Poems. Short stories. And novels.
Besides entertaining readers, bringing about social reform was an important objective of Kolhatkar"s writings. He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan held in Pune in 1913.
