Marathi literature

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Marathi literature is the body of written works produced in the Marathi language, encompassing a rich tradition of poetry, drama, fiction, and non-fiction from medieval to modern times in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Label Occurrences
Marathi literature canonical 6
Maharashtrian Bhakti literature 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian literature
literature
regional literature
associatedLanguageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
country India
culturalRegion Deccan
linked to: Deccan Plateau
hasGenre drama
fiction
non-fiction
poetry
hasSubtradition Dalit literature
Varkari literature
children's literature
modernist Marathi literature
saint-poet literature
historicalPeriod early modern period
medieval period
modern period
includesForm abhang
kirtan literature
ovi
powada
saint poetry
language Marathi language
notableAuthor B. R. Bhagwat
Durga Bhagwat
G. A. Kulkarni
P. L. Deshpande
V. S. Khandekar
Vijay Tendulkar
Vinda Karandikar
Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
notableMovement Dalit literary movement
linked to: Dalit literature

Marathi theatre movement
modernist poetry movement
notablePlaywright Ram Ganesh Gadkari
Vijay Tendulkar
Vishnudas Bhave
notablePoet Dnyaneshwar
linked to: Jnaneshwar

Eknath
Moropant
Namdev
Ramdas
linked to: Samarth Ramdas

Tukaram
primaryRegion Maharashtra
religiousInfluence Bhakti movement
Hinduism
Varkari tradition
writingSystem Devanagari script

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P. L. Deshpande field Marathi literature
Namdev influenceOn Maharashtrian Bhakti literature
linked to: Marathi literature
Himraja literaryTradition Marathi literature
Agnipath literaryTradition Marathi literature
Marathi cinema influencedBy Marathi literature
Marathi theatre relatedDiscipline Marathi literature
Apoorvai literaryTradition Marathi literature