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{{short description|Indian writer}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar
| image = Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar 1998 stamp of India bw.jpg
| alt = V. S. Khandekar on 1998 Stamp of India
| caption = V. S. Khandekar on a 1998 Stamp of India
| imagesize =
| birth_date = 11 January, 1898
| death_date = 2 September, 1976 (aged 78)
| occupation = Writer
| movement =
| genre =
| notableworks = ''[[Yayati (novel)|Yayati]]'', ''Kraunchwadh'', ''Ulka''
| influences =
| influenced =
| awards = Jnanpith Award (For novel Yayati)
| birth_place = [[Sangli]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Bombay Presidency]], British India
| death_place = [[Miraj]], [[Bombay state]] (present-day)
[[Maharashtra]], India
| nationality = British Indian (1898 - 1947)
Indian (1947 - 1976)
}}

'''Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar''' (11 January 1898 – 2 September 1976) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], India. He was the first [[Marathi literature|Marathi author]] to win the prestigious [[Jnanpith Award]].<ref name=TH>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/dharmapathni-1941/article2421779.ece|author=M. L. NARASIMHAM|date=4 September 2011|access-date=23 December 2013|title=DHARMAPATHNI (1941)|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref name=JA/><ref name=jabook/>

==Early life==
Khandekar was born on 11 January 1898 in [[Sangli]], Maharashtra. His father was a ''munsif'' (a subordinate official) in [[Sangli State|Sangli principality]] where he spent his childhood and completed his early education. In his early life, he was interested in acting in movies and staged various dramas during school days.<ref name="Hatkanagalekar">{{cite book|last=Hatkanagalekar|first=M. D.|translator-last=Sharma|translator-first=Rameshchandra|title=Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar|year=1991|language=hi|publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]]|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-7201-082-6|pages=10–11}}</ref><ref name="Hatkanagalekar 1986">{{cite book|last=Hatkanagalekar|first=M. D.|title=V. S. Khandekar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QVQuAAAAMAAJ|series=[[Makers of Indian Literature]]|year=1986|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|pages=9–16|oclc=17108305}}</ref>

After passing his matriculation exam in 1913, Khandekar joined [[Fergusson College]], [[Pune]]. In 1920, he started working as a school teacher at a school in [[Shiroda (Maharashtra)|Shiroda]]<ref name="Hatkanagalekar" /><ref name="Hatkanagalekar 1986"/>

==Professional and literary life==
Khandekar's writing career began in 1919 when ''Shrimat Kalipuranam'', his first work, was published, and continued to 1974 when his novel ''[[Yayati (novel)|Yayati]]'' was published.<ref name="Hatkanagalekar 1986"/>

In 1920, Khandekar started working as a school teacher in a small town, ''Shiroda'', in the present-day [[Sindhudurg district]] of the [[Konkan]] region in Maharashtra. He worked in that school until 1938. While working as a teacher, Khandekar produced in his spare time abundant [[Marathi literature]] in various forms. In his lifetime, he wrote sixteen novels, six plays, around 250 short stories, 50 allegorical stories, 100 essays, and over 200 critiques.<ref name=SU/>
He worked and founded Khandekari alankar in Marathi grammar.{{Citation needed|date=December 2013}}

==Honors and awards==
In 1941, Khandekar was elected as the president of the annual [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] (Marathi Literary Conference) in [[Solapur]]. In 1968, the Government of India honoured him with a [[Padma Bhushan]] award in recognition of his literary accomplishments.<ref name=pad>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|quote= 1968: 12: Shri Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf}}</ref> Two years later, he was also honoured with the [[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows|Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]] of the Indian [[Sahitya Akademi]]. in 1974, he was awarded [[Jnanpith Award]], country's highest literary recognition, for his novel ''[[Yayati (novel)|Yayati]]''.<ref name=JA/><ref name=jabook>{{cite book|last=Jnanpith|first=Bhartiya |title=The text and the context: an encounter with Jnanpith laureates |publisher=Bhartiya Jnanpith|year=1994|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfzZvNc6hPkC&q=Sitakant+Mahapatra&pg=PA17|ref=Ja|page=124|isbn=9788170191827 }}</ref> [[Shivaji University]] at [[Kolhapur]], Maharashtra conferred on him an honorary degree of [[D.Litt.]] In 1998, the Government of India issued a commemorative postage stamp in his honour.

==Major works==
Khandekar's novel ''[[Yayati (novel)|Yayāti]]'' (ययाति) received three prestigious awards: A Maharashtra State Award (1960), a [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1960), and a [[Jnanpith Award]] (1974).<ref name=JA>{{cite web|url=http://www.jnanpith.net/page/jnanpith-laureates|title=JNANPITH LAUREATES|work=Bharatiya Jannpith|access-date=20 November 2013|quote=12. V.S. Khandekar (1974) Marathi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160714004820/http://jnanpith.net/page/jnanpith-laureates|archive-date=14 July 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=SU>{{cite web|url=http://www.unishivaji.ac.in/shivsandesh/archive/vol56apr10/news7.htm|publisher=Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra|date=April 2010|access-date=23 December 2013|title=V. S. Khandekar Memorial Museum: Tribute of Shivaji University to the Jnanpith Award winning Marathi novelist}}</ref>

Khandekar's other novels are as follows:

*''Hrudayāchi Hāk'' (हृदयाची हाक) (1930)
*''Kānchan Mruga'' (कांचनमृग) (1931)
*''Ulkā'' (उल्का) (1934)
*''Don Mane'' (दोन मने) (1938)
*''Hirwā Chāphā'' (हिरवा चाफ़ा) (1938)
*''Don Dhruwa'' (दोन धृव) (1934)
*''Rikāmā Dewhārā'' (रिकामा देव्हारा) (1939)
*''Pahile Prem'' (पहिले प्रेम) (1940)
*''Kraunchawadh'' (क्रौंचवध) (1942)
*''Jalalelā Mohar'' (जळलेला मोहर) (1947)
*''Pāndhare Dhag'' (पांढरे ढग) (1949)
*''Amrutawel'' (अमृतवेल)
*''Sukhāchā Shodh'' (सुखाचा शोध)
*''Ashru'' (अश्रू))
*''Soneri Swapne Bhangaleli'' (सोनेरी स्वप्ने भंगलेली)
*''[[Yayati (novel)|Yayati]]'' (ययाति)
*''Eka Panachi Kahani'' (एका पानाची कहाणी) (Autobiography)

==Other works==
The following is a partial list of Khandekar's other works:

*अभिषेक(Abhishek)
*अविनाश (Avinash)
*गोकर्णीची फुले (Gokarnichi Fule)
*ढगाआडचे चांदणे (Dhagaadache Chandne)
*दवबिंदू (Davabindu)
*नवी स्त्री (Navi Stree)
*प्रसाद (Prasad)
*मुखवटे (Mukhawate)
*रानफुले (Ranfule)
*विकसन (Vikasan)
*क्षितिजस्पर्श (Kshitijsparsh)

==Movies and television serials==
Several movies and television serials have been made based on the works of Khandekar. The movies include:
*''Chhāyā''...........[Marathi] (1936)
*''Jwālā''..............[Marathi and Hindi] (1938)
*''Devatā''............[Marathi] (1939)
*''Amrut''..............[Marathi and Hindi] (1941)
*''[[Dharma Patni]]''...[Telugu and Tamil] (1941)<ref name=TH/>
*''Pardeshi''.........[Marathi]) (1953)

Khandekar wrote the dialogue and screenplay for the Marathi movie ''Lagna Pahāwe Karoon'' (1940).<ref>{{IMDb name|0451358}}</ref>

==Other works==
*{{cite book
|title=Maharashtra, a Profile
|last=Khandekar
|first=Vishnu Sakharam
|author2=A. K. Bhagwat |author3=Acyuta Kesava Bhagavata
|publisher=V. S. Khandekar Amrit Mahotsava Satkar Samiti
|year=1977
}}

==Bibliography==
* ''Yayati'' (Marathi). 1959. {{OCLC|489363076}}.

==Works in translation==
* ''Yayati by V. S. Khandekar'' (English), Tr. by Y. P. Kulkarni. Orient Paperbacks. {{ISBN|978-81-222-0428-5}}.

==References==
{{reflist|40em}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Vishṇu Sakhārāma Khāṇḍekara}}
* [http://www.vskhandekar.com/ V. S. Khandekar, website]
* [http://www.manase.org/en/maharashtra.php?mid=68&smid=23&pmid=8&id=789 Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, profile]

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{{Jnanpith Award}}
{{SahityaAkademiFellowship}}

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