Marathi Poet – Pu Shi Rege

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P. S. Rege (Pu Shi Rege) was a member of the generation of navakavya who appeared in Marathi in the 1930s and 1940s.

• Born in 1910 in Ratnagiri District in the Konkan region of Maharashtra.
• Studied economics in Bombay and London in the 1930s.
• Taught economics at various colleges in Maharashtra and Goa.
• Retired in the 1970s as the principal of Elphinstone College, Bombay.
• Began writing in the 1930s and continued until his death in 1978.

Pu Shi Rege’s work in Marathi includes -

• Eight books of poems including Dusara pakshi (1966 ), Priyala (1972 ), and Suhrdgatha (1975 )
• Two collections of short fiction
• Three novels
• Many Marathi plays (Marathi Natak)
• Two volumes of essays and criticism

Reference: Six Marathi Poets -Journal article by Vinay Dharwadker, World Literature Today, Vol. 68, 1994