Natyachhatakar Diwakar
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Born
18 January 1889
Shankar Govindrao Diwakar
18 January 1889
Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died1 October 1931 (aged 42)
Pune, India
OthernamesDiwakar, Shankar Kashinath Garge
EducationSchool Final, 1908
Shankar Kashinath Garge | |
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| Born | Shankar Govindrao Diwakar 18 January 1889 Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India |
| Died | 1 October 1931 (aged 42) Pune, India |
| Other names | Diwakar, Shankar Kashinath Garge |
| Education | School Final, 1908 |
| Occupations | Clerk, teacher at Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya 1915–1931, writer. researcher |
| Known for | Natyachhata, a kind of dramatic monologues |
Shankar Kashinath Garge more popularly known as Natyachhatakar Diwakar (18 January 1889 – 1 October 1931) was a Marathi writer whose mastery of the Natyachhata, a kind of dramatic monologue made him the only major Marathi writer to have used this literary form very successfully. He was born in Pune, Bombay Presidency.