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Uddhav J. Shelke
'Uddhav J. Shelke' (1931-1992) was born in Hinganghat in the Vidarbha district of Maharashtra. After his school education, he joined the Amravati daily, 'Hindustan', as associate e...view more'Uddhav J. Shelke' (1931-1992) was born in Hinganghat in the Vidarbha district of Maharashtra. After his school education, he joined the Amravati daily, 'Hindustan', as associate editor. Then he moved to Tapovan, Dr Shivajirao Patwardhan's colony for people affected with leprosy where he worked as proof-reader, compositor and finally manager of the printing press. He won himself a place in the Marathi literary canon with his first novel, 'Dhag'. His prodigious output of long and short fiction thereafter pandered exclusively to popular taste. However, it allowed him to live as a professional writer.view less