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| native_name = Vasant Bapat
| name = Vasant Bapat
| known_for = Marathi Poetry
| birth_place = [[Karad]] in [[Satara district]] of Maharashtra
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|7|25}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2002|9|17|1922|7|25|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Pune]], Maharashra, India
| nationality = Indian
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'''Vishwanath Vaman Bapat''', also known as '''Vasant Bapat''' ([[Devanagari]]: वसंत बापट) (July 25, 1922 – September 17, 2002), was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] poet from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].

He was born on July 25, 1922 in [[Karad]] in [[Satara district]] of Maharashtra.

==Education and teaching career==
Bapat received a master's degree in Marathi and [[Sanskrit]] literature from [[Sir Parshurambhau College]] in [[Pune]] in 1948. He then taught Sanskrit and Marathi until 1976, first, National College and then [[Ramnarain Ruia College]], both in [[Mumbai]]. During 1974-1982, he served as the [[Rabindranath Tagore]] Chair at [[Mumbai University]].

==Career==
Bapat was a part of [[Indian independence movement|freedom struggle]] and participated in the Quit India Movement of 1942. He was incarcerated in jail from August 1943 to January 1945. Bapat completed his education after his release and began his career as a Professor of Sanskrit and Marathi. He also served as professor of Gurudev Tagore comparative literature at the Bombay University from 1974 to 1982. Bapat was also the editor of a socialist magazine Sadhana from 1983 to 1988. Bapat wrote some literature for children, including a play, ''Bal Govind''.<ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/home/marathi-poet-vasant-bapat-pases-away_58666.html Marathi poet Vasant Bapat pases away], 17 September 2002</ref>

He has penned 30 poetry books, including immensely popular Bijlee , Sethu, Akrav Disha, Sakina and Manasi. The trio of poets Bapat, [[Vinda Karandikar]] and [[Mangesh Padgaonkar]] provided for many years public recitals of their poetry in different towns in Maharashtra. Along with [[Vinda Karandikar]] and Padgaonkar, Bapat travelled across Maharashtra in the 1960s and 1970s reciting poetry.<ref name=Arun>{{cite web |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/iwatch/arun-date-mangesh-padgaonkar-perform-ka |title=Arun Date, Mangesh Padgaonkar to perform at KA |date=24 April 2010 |newspaper=[[Navhind Times]] |accessdate=7 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303165607/http://www.navhindtimes.in/iwatch/arun-date-mangesh-padgaonkar-perform-ka |archive-date=3 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He was also a member of a Marathi literary group, “Murgi club”, loosely fashioned after the [[Algonquin Round Table]]. In addition to Bapat, it included [[Vinda Karandikar]], Mangesh Padgaonkar, [[Gangadhar Gadgil]], Sadanand Rege and Shri Pu Bhagwat. They met every month for several years to eat together, engaging each other in wordplay and literary jokes.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Loksatta|title=माझा विक्षिप्त मित्र|url=http://www.loksatta.com/daily/20060115/lr02.htm|website=लोकसत्ता लोकरंग|publisher=Loksatta Newspaper|accessdate=31 December 2015}}</ref>

As an official representative of India, Bapat participated in 1969 in an international poetry conference in [[Yugoslavia]]. He was the president of regional Sahitya Sammelan at Jalgaon, Mumbai, South Maharashtra and other places. Bapat served for ten years as an appointed member of [[Sahitya Akademi]] in [[New Delhi]]. For many years, he was a member of [[Indian Institute of Mass Communication]], also in New Delhi, and [[Sangeet Natak Academy]] in Maharashtra.<ref>[http://www.veethi.com/india-people/vasant_bapat-profile-3202-25.htm Vasant Bapat]</ref>

He chaired [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] in [[Mumbai]] in 1999.

==Death==
Bapat died in pune at a private hospital following a brief illness at the age of 80. He underwent an operation on Thursday last for a clot in the brain and since then his condition had been deteriorating.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Renowned-Marathi-poet-Vasant-Bapat-dead/articleshow/22450176.cms Renowned Marathi poet Vasant Bapat dead]</ref>

==Literary career==
Bapat published 30 collections of his poems. The following is a partial list of them:
* ''Bijalee'' (1952)
* ''Akaravi Disha'' (1962)
* ''Sakina'')
* ''Manasi'' (1977)
* ''Shatataraka''
* ''Shinga Phunkale Rani''(In Marath-'िशंग फुंिकले रणी)'
* ''Shoor Mardacha Powada''
* ''Tejasi''
* ''Rajasi''
* ''Prawasachya Kawita''
* ''Setu''
The following is a partial list of Bapat's other works:

* ''Bara Gavache Pani'' (1967) (A travelogue)
* ''Jinkuni Maranala'' (A biography)
* ''Taulanik Sahityabhyas'' (1981) (A critique)
* ''Wisajipantanchi Bakhar'' (A political parody)

==Musician ==
* उत्तुंग आमुची उत्तर सीमा Uttung Aamuchi Uttar
* सैन्य चालले पुढे Sainya Chalale Pudhe <ref>[http://www.aathavanitli-gani.com/Sangeetkar/Vasant_Bapat Vasant Bapat]</ref>

==Political Activism==
During his student days, Bapat was a member of [[Rashtra Seva Dal]], and participated in the 1942 [[Quit India]] movement under [[Gandhi]]'s leadership against [[British Raj]]. In the August 1943-January 1945 period, he suffered imprisonment for the participation.

He was actively associated with Rashtra Seva Dal since its inception by [[Sane Guruji]] in 1948. During 1983-1988, he edited weekly [[Sadhana (weekly)|Sadhana]], which expressed the views of Rashtra Seva Dal. Under Rashtra Seva Dal's sponsorship, he presented to the public ''Maharashtra Darshan'', ''Bharat Darshan'', ''Shivadarshan'', and ''Azadi Ki Jung'' performances.

Bapat was associated with the Socialist Party and its leaders, including [[Shreedhar Mahadev Joshi|S.M. Joshi]], N.G. Gore, G.P. Pradhan, and [[Madhu Limaye]].

== References ==
*{{cite news |last=Date |first= Vidyadhar |title= Shivaji Sawant’s historical novels are a separate class |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/23001104.cms |newspaper= [[Times of India]]|location= [[Mumbai]]|date= September 23, 2002|accessdate= September 17, 2014}}
*{{cite news |author= |title= Renowned Marathi poet Vasant Bapat dead|url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Renowned-Marathi-poet-Vasant-Bapat-dead/articleshow/22450176.cms|newspaper= [[Times of India]]|location= [[Pune]]|date= September 17, 2002|accessdate= September 17, 2014}}
*{{cite web |url= http://www.bapatparivar.com/lekha-malika/caritra/kavivarya |language=Marathi |title= Kavivarya |last1= Bapat |first1= Asmita Shrikant |last2= |first2= |date= October 12, 2012 |website= |publisher= Bapat Parivar Charitable Trust |accessdate=September 17, 2014}}
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