Shivaji Sawant

Who was Shivaji Sawant?

Shivaji Sawant was a renowned novelist in Marathi. He is known as Mrityunjaykar for writing the famous Marathi novel Mrityunjay. He was the first marathi writer to be awarded with prestigious Moortidevi Award in 1994.

After extensive research he wrote a book Mrityunjay based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat. This book was translated in Hindi, English, Kannada, Gujarati, Malayalam and received numerous awards and accolades. In 1980 he wrote a book Chhava based on Sambhaji's life.

He held the post of the vice-president of Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad since 1995. He was president of Baroda Sahitya Sammelan in 1983.