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About Shivaji Sawant
- Shivaji Sawant (Marathi: ?????? ?????; 31 August 1940 – 18 September 2002) was a renowned novelist in Marathi.
- He is known as Mrityunjaykaar (meaning Maker of Mrityunjay) for writing the famous Marathi novel Mrityunjay.
- He was the first Marathi writer to be awarded with prestigious Moortidevi Award in 1994.He wrote a book Mrityunjay (English: Triumph Over Death) based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat.
- This book was translated into Hindi (1974), English (1989), Kannada (1990), Gujarati (1991), Malayalam (1995) and received numerous awards and accolades.
- In 1980 he wrote a book Chhava based on Great Sambhaji Maharaj'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.
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