Legendary Vijay Tendulkar passes away
Noted playwright, movie and television writer, literary essayist, political journalist, and social commentator Vijay Tendulkar have passed away on Monday after a prolonged illness. For over five decades, Tendulkar had been a highly influential dramatist and theater personality in Maharashtra. The legendary writer had also participated in the 1942 freedom movement. Tendulkar won Maharashtra State Government awards in 1956, 1969 and 1972; and “Maharashtra Gauruw Puraskar” in 1999. He was honored with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1970 and again in 1998 with the Academy’s highest award for “lifetime contribution”, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (“Ratna Sadasya”). In 1984, he was also honoured with Padma Bhushan award for his literary accomplishments.
His death for sure is a big and irrecoverable loss to Indian literature. -(SAMPURN)
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