Shripad Mahadev Mate

Shripad Mahadev Mate (Devanagari: श्रीपाद महादेव माटे) (2 September 1886–25 December 1957) was a Marathi writer and a social reformer from Maharashtra, India.[1]

Mate was a teacher of English and Marathi literature by profession. Although he took up writing at the relatively late age of forty-four, during the remainder of his life he wrote eclectically and copiously on a variety of social, scientific, biographical and historical subjects. He was deeply troubled by the social scourge of untouchability in contemporary India, and wrote several short stories as well as essays arguing for the abolition of this practice. Although he was a Brahmin by birth and retained a spiritual affinity for the cultural and religious tenets of Hinduism, his writings show his sustained scepticism towards many of its dogmas.

Mate was born in the town of Shirpur in Vidarbha. He went to New English School, Satara and acquired his university education (up to an M.A.) in Pune. For a few years, he served as a teacher at the Nutan Marathi Vidyalaya, Pune and later as a professor at Sir Parshurambhau College. His son Madhukar Mate (born 1930) was an eminent archaeologist with expertise in medieval India.

Notable Literary works[1]


Mate presided over the Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (मराठी साहित्य संमेलन) at Sangli in 1943.

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References

  1. 1 2 Article on ‘माटे, श्रीपाद महादेव' in volume 13 of the Marathi Vishwakosh (Marathi Encyclopedia) by Anuradha Potdar, Marathi Vishwakosh Mandal, Bombay, 1976-2008.


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