Madhav Borkar
Madhav Borkar (also Borcar, or Veni Madhav Borkar) | |
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| Born | Madhav Borkar (Borcar) June 4, 1954[1] Goa, Portuguese India |
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| Genre | Poet |
Madhav Borkar (also Borcar, in Konkani वेणी माधव बोरकर) is a noted Konkani poet, former station director of All India Radio and Konkani litterateur based in Goa, India.
Work, life[]
Borkar was earlier station director of All India Radio, Panaji (Panjim). As a broadcaster, he has also worked in the government-run radio stations at Mumbai, Mangalore and Kolhapur.
In 2015, Borkar replaced as the president of the Goa Konkani Akademi.[2] In March 2018, he completed 50 years in poetry, and has published eight volumes of verse.[3] He is married to Mankarnika and they have two children, daughter Yogini and son Chinmay.[1]
Literary output[]
Borkar wrote poetry since 1968. His first collection was published while he was still a schoolboy. At the age of 15, his Chanvar got into print. He has six collections of poems and two translations -- Kabir by and Ekshem Ek Kavita by Rabindranath Tagore.[1]
His poetic works[]
- Chanvar (The Bloom, 1969)[4]
- Vatacheo Savalleo (The Shadows of Sunlight, 1972),
- Uzvadacho Rookh (The Tree of Light, 1975),[5]
- Parjallachem Daar (The Door to Brightness, 1986)[6]
- Yaman (Yaman, 1999),[7]
- Avyaktaachim Gaannim (Songs of the Unexpressed, 2002),
- and Symphony (Symphony, 2012).[1]
- Molabachem Zonel.
Awards, etc.[]
Earlier in his writing career, he received the Indian Sahitya Akademi award in 2001 for Yaman, a poetry collection.[8]
Critical response[]
describes Borkar as being part of the "second generation" of post-(Indian) Independence Konkani poets along with , Shankar Parulkar, Pundalik Naik, Ramesh Veluskar, , Olivinho Gomes, , , , and . In Kamat's listing, he names , , Abhijit and R.V. Pandit as the post-Independence poets in Konkani who "made major contributions whereas , , [and] began to publish their poems."[9]
Manohararāya Saradesāya (Manoharrai Sardesai) calls his work "terse, abstract yet appealing".[10]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Meet the Author: Madhav Borcar" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Veteran Konkani poet Madhav Borkar took charge of office as the president of Goa Konkani Akademi in Panaji on Monday. - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ "GOA365 VIDEO: Balcao - Madhav Borkar Celebrates 50 Years of his Poetry". Goa365. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Borkar, Madhav (1969). Chanvar.
- ^ Borkar, Madhav (1975). Ujvadacho Rukh. Goa: Sobit Sahitya.
- ^ Borkar, Madhav (1986). Parzallache Dar. Mumbai: Parijat Prakashan.
- ^ Borkar, Madhav (1999). Yamen. Goa: Mankarnika Venimadhav Borkar.
- ^ "Madhav Borkar appointed GKA president - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Kamat, Nandkumar (1 January 2005). "Post Independence Konkani poetry: a mini-review". Golden Jubilee Issue of National Sahitya Akademy. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
- ^ Saradesāya, Manohararāya (2000). A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788172016647. Archived from the original on 21 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
External links[]
- Veteran Konkani poet Madhav Borkar took charge of office as the president of Goa Konkani Akademi in Panaji on Monday
- Noted Konkani poet Madhav Borkar, on the work of Manohar Rai Sardessai and the new book (in English)
- Goa Konkani Akademi President Madhav Borkar speaking during a book release (in Konkani)
- One work on Poetry India
- Some Goan Konkani poets
- Balcao - Madhav Borkar Celebrates 50 Years of his Poetry
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