Background
He was born at village Murdi Taluka Dapoli District
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Shripad Narayan Pendse
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He hailed from Maharashtra, India. His novel Garambacha Bapu was translated in 1969 into English with the title Wild Bapu of Garambi as a part of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Collection of Representative, which had been organized with Sahitya Akademi collaboration. Haddapar (The Outcast) and Tumbadche Khot (The Khots of Tumbad) are Pendse"s other two popular novels.
He was offered a Rockfeller Foundation Scholarship under which he travelled Europe and United States in order to study and exchange his views with other novelists and learned people.
In his tour to England, France and United States he met many well known writers. East. M. Forster is a name to mention.
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March 24, 2007 (aged 94)
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Sahitya Akademi Award Sahitya Akademi Award
Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the Sahitya Akademi, India’s national academy of letters to one writer every year in each of the languages recognized by it as well as for translations.