Balkavi
Tryambak Bapuji Thombre (13 August 1890 – 5 May 1918) (Marathi: त्र्यंबक बापूजी ठोंबरे) was an Indian Marathi poet. He used the pen name Balkavi, which is also spelled as Baalkavi or Baal-kavi.
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Born | Tryambak Bapuji Thombre 13 August 1890 Dharangaon,Dist-Jalgaon.(Maharashtra) |
Died | 5 May 1918 Bhadali Railway Station,Dist-Jalgaon. |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation | Poet |
Known for | Poems in Marathi |
Early life
He spent a period of his childhood with writer and poet Narayan Tilak, a Marathi poet from the Konkan region of the Bombay Presidency in British Raj and a convert to Christianity. Narayan Tilak identified the talent within Tryambak and brought him to his home. Laxmibai Tilak had a motherly relationship with Balkavi. She mentioned some of her memories of Balkavi in her autobiography 'Smruti Chitre'.[1]
Notable work
Thombre's poems are marked by exuberant language.[1] Notable works include:
- Phulrani (Marathi: फूलरानी)
- Audumber (Marathi: औदुंबर)
- Shraavan-Maasii Harshh Maanasii (Marathi: श्रावण मासी हर्ष मानसी)
- Anandi anand Gade, jikade tikade chohikade (Marathi: आनंदी आनंद गड़े जिकडे तिकडे चौहीकडे)
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References
- Datta, Amaresh (1987). The Encyclopedia of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1. Retrieved 9 December 2009.
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