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'''Shripad Mahadev Mate''' (2 September 1886–25 December 1957) was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer and a social reformer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pTzRAAAAMAAJ&q=Shripad+Mahadev+Mate | '''Shripad Mahadev Mate''' (2 September 1886–25 December 1957) was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer and a social reformer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pTzRAAAAMAAJ&q=Shripad+Mahadev+Mate |title=Studies in modern Indian history: a regional survey |last=India) |first=Institute of Historical Studies (Calcutta |date=1969 |publisher=Institute of Historical Studies |language=en}}</ref> | ||
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.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez4wAQAAIAAJ&q=Shripad+Mahadev+Mate | 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.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ez4wAQAAIAAJ&q=Shripad+Mahadev+Mate |title=The Chitpavans: social ascendancy of a creative minority in Maharashtra, 1818-1918 |last=Gokhale |first=Sandhya |date=2008 |publisher=Shubhi Publications |isbn=9788182901322 |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ess-9bebEYC&q=Shripad%2520Mahadev%2520Mate&pg=PA130 |title=Encyclopaedia of Dalits in India: Human rights : role of police and judiciary |date=2002 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=9788178351285 |language=en}}</ref> 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 (city)|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]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZvZAAAAMAAJ&q=Shripad+Mahadev+Mate | Mate was born in the town of [[Shirpur]] in [[Vidarbha]]. He went to New English School, [[Satara (city)|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]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5ZvZAAAAMAAJ&q=Shripad+Mahadev+Mate |title=South Asian Intellectuals and Social Change: A Study of the Role of Vernacular-speaking Intelligentsia |last=Malik |first=Yogendra K. |date=1981 |publisher=Heritage |isbn=9780836408256 |language=en}}</ref> His son Madhukar Mate (born 1930) was an eminent archaeologist with expertise in medieval India. | ||
Mate presided over the [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] at [[Sangli]] in 1943. | Mate presided over the [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] at [[Sangli]] in 1943. | ||
==Notable Literary works== | ==Notable Literary works== | ||
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