# Vishwas Patil

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{{Short description|Indian author and historian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Vishwas Patil
| image              = 
| birth_date         = 28 November 1959
| birth_place        = Nerle, [Kolhapur](/source/Kolhapur), [India](/source/India)
| citizenship        = Indian
| education          = Shivaji University [(M.A. L.L.B)](/source/Master_of_Arts)
| occupation         = [Writer](/source/Writer), [IAS Officer](/source/Indian_Administrative_Service)
| works              = • ''Zadazadati''<br/> • ''Panipat''<br/>• ''[Mahanayak](/source/Mahanayak_(novel))''<br/>•  ''Chandramukhi''
| awards             = [Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_Marathi) (1992)
}}

'''Vishwas Patil''' (born 28 November 1959) is an Indian author and an officer in the [Indian Administrative Service](/source/Indian_Administrative_Service). He was born in the village of Nerle in [Kolhapur district](/source/Kolhapur_district). He completed his MA in literature from [Shivaji University](/source/Shivaji_University) Kolhapur.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20120102-1761-panipat-war-cost-the-marathas-rs-92-lakh-750131-2011-12-23|title=The Burden of Battle|last=Tare|first=Kiran|date=23 December 2011|publisher=[India Today](/source/India_Today)|access-date=19 November 2012}}</ref><ref name="Complaints of money distributed at Azmi’s rally">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/oldStory/58729/|title=Retrial at Red Fort|last= Deshmukh|first=Vinita|date=16 November 2004 |newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=26 May 2018|location=Pune}}</ref> He completed his masters [M.A.](/source/Master_of_Arts) in [English Literature](/source/English_Literature) and a degree in Law.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}

==Works==
*''Lust for Lalbaug'', novel about the [Great Bombay textile strike](/source/Great_Bombay_textile_strike), published by Rajhans Prakashan, 2015
*''Panipat'', novel about the [Third Battle of Panipat](/source/Third_Battle_of_Panipat)
*''Sambhaji'', [biographical novel](/source/biographical_novel) about [Sambhaji](/source/Sambhaji)
*''Ranangan'', play based on novel ''Panipat''
*''Chandramukhi'', novel based on relations between a politician and a "[tamasha](/source/tamasha)" dancer
*''Not gone with the wind'', novel based on the film industry personalities
*''Pangira'', novel about hardship of village people
*''[Mahanayak](/source/Mahanayak_(novel))'', biographical novel about [Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose](/source/Netaji_Subhash_Chandra_Bose)
*''Zadazadati (novel)'', a touching story of people displaced due to infrastructure projects like dams, awarded the [Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/Sahitya_Akademi_Award) in 1992,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Patil|first1=Vishwas|last2=Ramachandra|first2=Keerti (English translator)|title=A Dirge for the Dammed|date=2014|publisher=Hachette India|location=Gurgaon, India|isbn=978-93-5009-590-4}}</ref>

==Awards==
*1989 Nath Madhav Award for ''Panipat''
*1990 Priyadarshini National Award for ''Zadazadati'', Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award for ''Panipat'', Vikhe Patil Award for ''Zadazadati''
*1992 [Sahitya Akademi Award](/source/Sahitya_Akademi_Award) for ''Zadazadati''<ref>[http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/showSearchAwardsResult.jsp?year=&author=Vishwas+Patil&awards=AA&language=SELECT Sahitya Akademi Awards Information]</ref>
*1998 Gadakri Award for ''Mahanayak''
*2026 Presidentship of 99th [Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan](/source/Akhil_Bharatiya_Marathi_Sahitya_Sammelan) at [Satara](/source/Satara_(city))

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Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi
Category:Indian Administrative Service officers
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