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| name = Upara
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| author = [[Laxman Mane]]
| title_orig = उपरा
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| cover_artist = [[Subhash Awchat]]
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| language = [[Marathi language]]
| series =
| subject = Autobiography
| genre =
| publisher = [[Granthali]]
| pub_date = 1980
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| media_type = Print
| pages =
| isbn = 978-8126002313
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'''Upara''' ({{lang-mr|उपरा}} meaning ''outsider'') is an autobiography written by [[Laxman Mane]], a writer who lives in the state of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It is written in the Marathi language. It was first published in 1980.<ref name="Lal2006">{{cite book|author=Mohan Lal|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature (Volume Five (Sasay To Zorgot)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA4434|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1221-3|page=4434}}</ref> It has been translated into English by A. K. Kamat and titled "''Upara - An Outsider''".<ref name="ŚuklaKhanna2006">{{cite book|author1=Vinoda Kumāra Śukla|author2=Satti Khanna|title=A Window Lived In A Wall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gx82vIipNmMC&pg=PA63|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-2172-7|page=63}}</ref> Arjuna Dangale sees it as a remarkable example of a "''Dalit''" autobiography.<ref name="Ḍāṅgaḷe1992">{{cite book|author=Arjuna Ḍāṅgaḷe|title=Poisoned Bread: Translations from Modern Marathi Dalit Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jKy28jPKZhEC&pg=PA255|accessdate=29 May 2012|year=1992|publisher=Orient Blackswan|isbn=978-0-86311-254-6|page=255}}</ref> It finds mention in Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature under the genre ''Autobiography (Marathi)''. <ref name="Datta1987">{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA282|accessdate=29 May 2012|year=1987|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1803-1|page=282}}</ref> It has won the [[Sahitya Academy Award]]<ref name="Prasad2007">{{cite book|author=Amar Nath Prasad|title=Dalit Literatuer: A Critical Exploration|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bg0rOOqvBMkC&pg=PA69|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=1 January 2007|publisher=Sarup & Sons|isbn=978-81-7625-817-3|pages=69–}}</ref> for the year 1981.<ref name="Akademi1988">{{cite book|author=Sāhitya Akademi|title=Indian literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-35jAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=29 May 2012|year=1988|publisher=Sähitya Akademi.|page=129}}</ref> According to [[Braj Kachru|Braj B. Kachru]] et al. it is a path breaking work in the domain of Marathi literature.<ref name="KachruKachru2008">{{cite book|author1=Braj B. Kachru|author2=Yamuna Kachru|author3=S. N. Sridhar|title=Language in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2n4sFGDEMYC&pg=PA453|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=27 March 2008|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-78141-1|page=453}}</ref> The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture (2012) considers it to be a "landmark publication".<ref name="DalmiaSadana2012">{{cite book|author1=Vasudha Dalmia|author2=Rashmi Sadana|title=The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1hyIWIe4T0YC&pg=PA145|accessdate=29 May 2012|date=5 April 2012|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-51625-9|pages=145–}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Sahitya Akademi Award-winning works]]
[[Category:Marathi-language literature]]
[[Category:1980 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Indian autobiographies]]

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