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'''Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar''' ([[Devanagari]]: दत्ताराम मारुती मिरासदार) (born on 14 April 1927) is a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer and narrator principally of humorous stories. He hails from Pandharpur (Maharashtra).


'''Dattaram Maruti Mirasdar''' (born 14 April 1927), popularly known by his initials ('''"D Ma"''' and also as '''"Dadasaheb"''') is a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer and narrator principally of humorous stories.<ref name="Vishwakosh"/>
Many of Mirasdar's humorous stories revolve around village life in Maharashtra. However, some of his stories concern the serious social issues and lives of the poor living in villages. His stories ''Gavat'', ''Ranmanus'', ''Kone Eke Kali'', ''Bhavaki'', ''Hubehub'', and ''Sparsha'' belong to the latter class.


==Early life and education==
For some years, [[Shankar Babaji Patil|Shankar Patil]], Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.
Mirasdar was born on 14 April 1927 in [[Akluj]] and went to school in [[Pandharpur]]. He earned M.A. from the [[Sir Parashurambhau College]]  in [[Pune]] and became a teacher in 1952. He became a professor of Marathi in a college in Pune in 1961.<ref name="Vishwakosh">{{cite web |last=अदवंत |first=महदेव नामदेव |title=मिरासदार, द. मा. |url=https://vishwakosh.marathi.gov.in/30150/ |website=मराठी विश्वकोश प्रथमावृत्ती |publisher=[[Marathi Vishwakosh]] |access-date=30 May 2021 |language=mr-IN |date=2019-07-04}}</ref><ref name="saamana"/>


==Career==
Mirasdar was a professor of Marathi in a college in [[Pune]]. He was the Acting President of ''Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'', Pune.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.masapaonline.org/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922220343/http://www.masapaonline.org/ |archivedate=2009-09-22 }}</ref>
Many of Mirasdar's humorous stories revolve around village life in Maharashtra. However, some of his stories concern the serious social issues and lives of the poor living in villages. His stories ''Gavat'', ''Ranmanus'', ''Kone Eke Kali'', ''Bhavaki'', ''Hubehub'', and ''Sparsha'' belong to the latter class.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joshi |first1=Milind |title=जिंदादिल मिरासदारी! |url=https://www.lokmat.com/manthan/wellknowm-marathi-wirter-and-narrator-d-m-mirasdar-a296/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Lokmat]] |date=11 April 2021 |language=mr-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mitraho |title=खुमासदार मिरासदार |magazine=मिसळपाव |date=20 October 2014 |url=https://www.misalpav.com/node/29187 |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=चिंचोलीकर |first1=धनंजय |title=मिरासदारांच्या दमादमाच्या गोष्टी |url=https://www.loksatta.com/lokrang-news/book-review-of-bhokarwaditil-rasavanti-gruha-and-gappagoshti-105337/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Loksatta]] |date=April 28, 2013 |language=mr-IN}}</ref>
 
His first public program as a writer was held in 1962 in [[Nagpur]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sabnis |first1=Vivek |title=माझा विनोद मनुष्यस्वभावाच्या जवळ जाणारा: द. मा. मिरासदार |url=https://www.bytesofindia.com/newsdetails?NewsId=5616789902126983443 |access-date=30 May 2021 |date=14 April 2017}}</ref>
 
For some years, [[Shankar Babaji Patil | Shankar Patil]], Vyankatesh Madgulkar, and Mirasdar jointly presented, in different towns in Maharashtra, highly popular public recitations of their short stories.<ref>{{cite web |title=श्री. द. मा. मिरासदार: Maayboli |url=https://vishesh.maayboli.com/index.php?q=diwali-2008/123 |website=vishesh.maayboli.com |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=साधूच्या शापाने अभिनेत्री बदलते अन्... |url=https://maharashtratimes.com/maharashtra/pune-news/da-ma-mirasdar-news-pune/articleshow/59326841.cms |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Maharashtra Times]] |date=27 Jun 2017 |language=mr}}</ref>
 
Mirasdar was the Acting President of ''Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad'', Pune.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.masapaonline.org/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922220343/http://www.masapaonline.org/ |archivedate=2009-09-22 }}</ref> In 1998, he was the president of the 71st [[Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] in [[Parli, Maharashtra]].<ref name="saamana">{{cite news |title=द. मा. मिरासदार |url=https://www.saamana.com/d-m-mirasdar-dattaram-maruti-mirasdar/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Saamana]] |date=15 April 2017}}</ref> In 2015, he received the [[Vinda Karandikar Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar]] from the Department of Marathi Language, [[Government of Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Marathi Writer Mirasdar Selected for Literary Award |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/marathi-writer-mirasdar-selected-for-literary-award/882953 |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook India]] |date=February 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sawant |first1=Rajesh |title=ज्येष्ठ साहित्यिक मिरासदार यांना जीवनगौरव पुरस्कार |url=https://prahaar.in/ज्येष्ठ-साहित्यिक-मिरासद/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |date=February 25, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Vivek V. |url=https://www.loksatta.com/pune-news/vinda-karandikar-d-m-mirasdar-honour-lifetime-awards-1075296/|title=विंदांच्या नावाचा पुरस्कार हा बहुमानच – प्रा. द. मा. मिरासदार |work=[[Loksatta]]|date=25 February 2018 |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref> In 2018, he was awarded the first-ever ''Sahityaseva Krutadnyata Puraskar''.<ref>{{cite news |title=पहिला साहित्यसेवा कृतज्ञता पुरस्कार द.मा.मिरासदार यांना जाहीर |url=https://www.lokmat.com/pune/first-literary-awareness-award-announced-mmirasdar/ |access-date=30 May 2021 |work=[[Lokmat]] |date=June 13, 2018 |language=mr-IN}}</ref>  


==Books==
==Books==
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*''Hubehub'' (1960)
*''Hubehub'' (1960)
*''Sutti Ani Itar Ekankika'' (1964)
*''Sutti Ani Itar Ekankika'' (1964)
*''Mirasdari'' (1966)<ref name="मिरासदारी"/>
*''Mirasdari'' (1966)
*''Makadmeva'' (1970)
*''Makadmeva'' (1970)
*''Chakatya'' (1973)
*''Chakatya'' (1973)
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*''Goshtich Goshti'' (1993)
*''Goshtich Goshti'' (1993)
*''Khade Ani Orakhade'' (1997)
*''Khade Ani Orakhade'' (1997)
*''Nivadak Da Ma''<ref name="मिरासदारी">{{cite web |title=मराठी पुस्तक मिरासदारी - द. मा. मिरासदारांच्या निवडक कथा |url=https://www.rasik.com/cgi_bin/display_book.cgi?bookId=b48464 |website=www.rasik.com |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
*''Nivadak Da Ma''
*''Gappangan''
*''Gappangan''
*''Navetil Tin Pravasi''
*''Navetil Tin Pravasi''
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==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite thesis |type=PhD |last1=Deshmukh |first1=Lata Keshav |editor1-last=Mancharkar |editor1-first=Ratnakar Bapurao |title=D. Ma. Mirasdar yanche kathalekhan: vadmayin abhyas (द. मा. मिरासदार यांचे कथा लेखन: वाड्मयीन अभ्यास) |date=November 1997 |url=http://lib.unipune.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/5937 |publisher=Department of Marathi at [[Savitribai Phule Pune University]] |location=[[Pune]]}}


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