Diwakar Krushna Kelkar

Diwakar Krushna Kelkar
Native name दिवाकर कृष्ण केळकर
Born 1902
Maharashtra, India
Died 1973 (aged 7071)
Pen name Diwakar Krushna
Occupation Writer
Notable works Samadhiwarali Phule, Rupagarvita Ani Itar Goshti

Diwakar Krushna Kelkar (Devanagari: दिवाकर कृष्ण केळकर) (1902 – 1973) was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India. He wrote short stories, plays, and novels under the name Diwakar Krushna (दिवाकर कृष्ण).

He worked as a lawyer in the city of Hyderabad, which is now in Andhra Pradesh.

Kelkar was a pioneer in composing Marathi short stories which brought out the inner workings of the human mind.

Samadhiwarali Phule (समाधीवरली फुले) and Rupagarvita Ani Itar Goshti (रूपगर्विता आणि इतर गोष्टी) are two compilations of his short stories.

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