{{Short description|Marathi writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see :Template:Infobox Writer/doc. --> | name = <!-- Deleting this line will use the article title as the page name. --> | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|06|01}} | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | occupation = Writer, poet, literary critic | language = Marathi | nationality = Indian | education = | alma_mater = | period = | genre = Dalit literature | movement = | notableworks = {{plainlist|''Akkarmashi (1984)'' Towards an Aesthetics of Dalit Literature (2004)}} | spouse = Kusum | children = | influences = | influenced = | awards = Saraswati Samman | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Sharankumar Limbale''' (born June 1, 1956) is a Marathi language author, poet and literary critic. He has penned more than 40 books. His best known work is his autobiography ''Akkarmashi'' published in 1984. ''Akkarmashi'' has been translated to several other Indian languages and English. The English translation has been published by the Oxford University Press with the title ''The Outcaste''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Limbale |first1=Sharankumar |title=The Outcaste |publisher=OUP |isbn=0195665481 |language=English| date=2003}}</ref>
His critical work ''Towards an Aesthetics of Dalit Literature'' (2004) is considered amongst the most important works on Dalit literature.{{cn|date=July 2022}} It discusses how Dalit ''anubhava'' (experiences) should take precedence over ''anuman'' (speculation).
==Life== Sharankumar Limbale was born on 1 June 1956 at Hennur village of Solapur district, in Maharashtra. He completed his MA in Marathi Language from Shivaji University, Kolhapur. After completing his MA, he did his Ph.D. on "Marathi Dalit Literature and American Black Literature – A Comparative Study".
Limabale joined as an Assistant Editor in the Publications Department of Yashwantrao Chavan University of Maharashtra Open University, Nashik; later he retired as Professor and Director of this University.<ref>{{cite news |title=Novelist Sharankumar Limbale selected for Saraswati Samman '20 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/novelist-sharankumar-limbale-selected-for-saraswati-samman-20-101617150004198.html |access-date=11 September 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=31 March 2021 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821092012/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/novelist-sharankumar-limbale-selected-for-saraswati-samman-20-101617150004198.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Awards and honours == * Saraswati Samman, 2020<ref>{{cite news |title=Novelist Sharankumar Limbale selected for Saraswati Samman '20 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/novelist-sharankumar-limbale-selected-for-saraswati-samman-20-101617150004198.html |access-date=11 September 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=31 March 2021 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821092012/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/novelist-sharankumar-limbale-selected-for-saraswati-samman-20-101617150004198.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Bibliography== * '''Akkarmashi''' (English translation: The Outcaste), 1984 -- His autobiography which was published when he was 25 years old. It is a critically acclaimed work considered a landmark in Dalit literature. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Sahasrabuddhe |first1=Vinay |title=Against 'award wapsi': What Marathi Dalit writer Sharankumar Limbale's acceptance of a prestigious literary prize says |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/award-wapsi-dalit-marathi-litterateur-writer-sharankumar-limbale-saraswati-samman-7383391/ |website=Indian Express |access-date=4 March 2023 |date=1 July 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304085337/https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/award-wapsi-dalit-marathi-litterateur-writer-sharankumar-limbale-saraswati-samman-7383391/ }}</ref> * Udrek * Uplya * O * Gavkusabaheril katha * Jhund * Dangal * Dalit Aatmakatha - Ek Akalan * Dalit Brahman * Dalit Panther * Dalit Premkavita (literally meaning "Dalit Love Poems") * Dalit Brahman * Dalit Sahitya Aani Soundarya (literally meaning "Dalit Literature and Beauty") * Dalit Sahityache Soundaryashastra (literally meaning "The Aesthetics of Dalit Literature") * Punha Akkarmashi * '''Pradnyasurya'''-- Biography of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar
* Bahujan
==Notes and references== {{Reflist}}
Interview with Jaydeep Sarangi, JSL, 2012/13 (Autumn), JNU, New Delhi.
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