Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar

Question: Recently poet Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar has passed away; He got the Sahitya Academy Award in which year?

(a) 1980
(b) 1979
(c) 1981
(d) 1982

Ans (a)

Related facts:

About Mangesh Keshav Padaonkar:

  • Marathi poet and Padma Bhushan recipient Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar passed away on 30 December 2015 after a brief illness. He was 86.
  • He was born on March 10, 1929 in Vengurla, Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra, he received a Master of Arts degree in Marathi and Sanskrit from the University of Bombay.
  • He has written a collection of essays and published it under the title“Nimbonichya Zaadamage”.
  • He has also penned lyrics for many Marathi film songs sung by Arun Date, “Ya Janmawar, Ya Jaganyawar Shatada Prem Karawe”,“Bhatukalichya Khelamadhali” and “Shukratara Mand Wara” are well known.
  • Padgaonkar received several awards, including the Sahitya Academy Award in 1980 for his collection of poems’Salam’.
  • He received the MP Literary Conference Award in 1956, and the Maharashtra State Award in 1953 and 1955.
  • In 2008, Mr. Padgaonkar was awarded with Maharashtra Bhushan Award.

Reference:

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/marathi-poet-mangesh-padgaonkar-passes-away/article8044860.ece

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/veteran-marathi-poet-and-padma-award-recipient-mangesh-padgaonkar-passes-away/

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi/music/Mangesh-Padgaonkar-poet-marathi/articleshow/50377130.cms