Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar

Who is Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar?

Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.

Varterkar was born in 1883 in Chiplun in the Konkan region. He attended high schools in Malvan, Dapoli and Ratnagiri. Before garduating he left his studies, worked for a while as a postal clerk, then migrated to Mumbai.

Varterkar wrote the play Kunjawihari in 1907. He wrote other plays with historic, mythological and social themes; he wrote many novels, short stories and film scripts. His writings strongly reflected his empathy for laborers under the dominance of their employers and the plight of women under male dominance.

He translated into Marathi many novels of Bengali writer Sharat Chandra Chatterji.

Varerkar presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in Dhule in 1944.