Shankar Kashinath Garge more popularly known as Natyachhatakar Diwakar (18 January 1889 – 1 October 1931) was a Marathi writer whose mastery of the Natyachhata, a kind of dramatic monologue made him the only major Marathi writer to have used this literary form very successfully. He was born in Pune, Bombay Presidency.
Career He also wrote plays, short stories. He was particularly influenced by the writings of Robert Browning, William Wordsworth, William Shakespeare.Marathi Vishwakosh https://marathivishwakosh.maharashtra.gov.in/khandas/khand7/index.php/component/content/article?id=13250
He did pioneering work in researching poems of a leading modern Marathi poet Keshavasuta.
He was a favourite writer of a few leading Marathi writers like Durga Bhagwat, Vijay Tendulkar, Sadanand Rege.
Ms. Bhagwat praises him in a book based on her long interviews.'Aispais Gappa: Durgabainshi', 1998 by Pratibha Ranade, published by Rajhans Prakashan Mr. Tendulkar edited a book of Diwakar's Natyachhata's.'Samagra Diwakar', 1996 Edited by Sarojini Vaidya, published by Popular Prakashan
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External links Entry of Natyachhatakar Diwakar in Marathi Wikipedia https://mr.wikipedia.org/s/u23 Entry of Natyachhatakar Diwakar in Marathi Vishwakosh https://marathivishwakosh.maharashtra.gov.in/khandas/khand7/index.php/component/content/article?id=13250