Kavi Mangesh Padgaonkar Interview from Saamana

Interview of the great Marathi Poet - Mangesh Padgaonkar published in Marathi Newspaper Saamana.

Mangesh Keshav Padgaonkar, Marathi poet, was born on March 10, 1929 in Vengurla, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra. A Master of Arts in Marathi and Sanskrit from the University of Bombay, he was an Editor with the U.S. Information Service in Mumbai. Although better known as a poet, he is an accomplished essayist. He is the recipient of several awards including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1980, the M.P. Literary Conference Award in 1956 and the Maharashtra State Award in 1953 and 1955. — From The South Asian Literary Recordings