1. Early life and education

2. Career

3. Books

4. Further reading

5. References

6. External links

Dattatraya Ganesh Godse (Devanagari: दत्तात्रय गणेश गोडसे, द. ग. गोडसे) (3 July 1914 – 5 January 1992) was an Indian historian, playwright, art critic, art director, theatre and costume designer, and illustrator. He received a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1988.^[1] He wrote almost exclusively in Marathi.

Early life and education

He was born in Vadhode village in Jalgaon district of Maharashtra, India. He did his schooling in Saoner Nagpur. He attended Morris College, Nagpur and Wilson College, Mumbai. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Marathi and English. He was also trained in fine arts at Slade School of Fine Art.

Wife: Sheela Godse,

Daughter: Medha Keeriyott,

Son: Anand Godse

Career

Godse wrote on a wide range of subjects: historical figures including Shivaji, Mastani, and Ramdas; literature; plays; architecture; sculpture; and art, including Buddhist art. He wrote an essay on Thomas Daniell's 1790 painting of the Peshwa court at Pune.

In the manner of the historians and critics Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade, Madhukar Vasudev Dhond, Godse wrote almost exclusively in Marathi.

Ashok R. Kelkar, a scholar in linguistics, literature, and semiotics, commented that Godse's work is "a body of important, if controversial, work in art history from the vitalist point of view."^[2] He added that Godse's decision to write in Marathi was "fortunate in so far as it was instrumental in bringing art history home to the Marathi reader."^[2]

Godse illustrated many books and magazines. He was theatre designer for over one hundred and seven plays. He also was art director for three Marathi and two Hindi films.

Books

• Vada-Savada Ani Nishada Sama (2003) (Coauthored with M.V. Rajadhyaksha)
• Daphtanī दफ्तनी (1992)

• Nangi Asalele Phulapākharū नांगी असलेले फुलपाखरू (1989)
• Mastānī मस्तानी (1989)
• Ūrjāyana उर्जायन (1985)
• Mātāvala मातावळ (1981)
• Samande Talāśa समंदे तलाश (1981)
• Gatimānī गतिमानी (1976)
• Kālagangechyā Kāthī काळगंगेच्या काठी (1974)
• Shakti Saushthava शक्ती सौष्ठव (1972)
• Pota पोत (1963)
• Lokghati लोकघाटी
• Pratima प्रतिमा (translation)
• Shakuntala शाकुन्तल (Translation of Abhijñānaśākuntalam)
• Song सोंग
• Sambhajiche Bhoot संभाजीचे भूत
• Kahi Kavadse काही कवडसे
• Essay on Dinanath Dalal: 'The Genius from an Enchanted land’

Further reading

• D.G. Godse Yanchi Kalamimansa, Edited by Sarojini Vaidya, Vasant Patankar (Marathi), 1997 ("द. ग. गोडसे यांची कलामीमांसा" संपादक: सरोजिनी वैद्य, वसंत पाटणकर)Publisher: Department of Marathi, Mumbai University and Popular Prakashan

References

External links

• Article on D G Godse by M.V. Rajadhyaksha in a Marathi newspaper
• Article on D G Godse by artist Bal Thakur in a Marathi newspaper
• [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=inauthor%3A%22Dattatraya+Ganesh+Godse%22 Books Authored by Dattatraya Ganesh Godse]
• [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=Dattatraya+Ganesh+Godse+-inauthor%3A%22Dattatraya+Ganesh+Godse%22 Books that reference Dattatraya Ganesh Godse]
• [https://books.google.com/books?lr=&q=D+G+Godse+-inauthor%3A%22Dattatraya+Ganesh+Godse%22 Books that reference D G Godse]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=CukvAAAAIAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 Indian Writing Today edited by Bombay Centre for Indian writers]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=U5FdJnnDhSwC&pg=PA173&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ Creative pasts By Prachi Deshpande]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=uwFlAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 Rasa: Theatre and cinema By Bimal Mukherjee, Sunil Kothari, Ananda Lal, Chidananda Das Gupta]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=KjUZAAAAIAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 Indian literature By Sahitya Akademi]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=QWoaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 Indian publishing in the seventies By Bijaẏa Kumāra Dāśa, National Book Trust]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=k6A4AAAAIAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&ei=fcJJSvr2IIqwkATnkcX7CQ&pgis=1 New directions in the Marathi theatre By Jnaneshvar Ganpat Nadkarni]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=jcqfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=kcRJSs7dNYrClQSd2J3sCQ&pgis=1 Ellora Caves, sculptures and architecture By Ratan Parimoo, Deepak Kannal, Shivaji Panikkar]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=dP5kAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=kcRJSs7dNYrClQSd2J3sCQ&pgis=1 Mahabharata in performance By Manohar Laxman Varadpande]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=OgscAAAAIAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=kcRJSs7dNYrClQSd2J3sCQ&pgis=1 Contemporary Marathi literature By V. R. Kanadey]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=UvXVAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=RcVJSom2MpeSkATBrZz-CQ&pgis=1 Husain, riding the lightning By Dnyaneshwar Nadkarni]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=nrItAAAAMAAJ&q=%22D+G+Godse%22&dq=%22D+G+Godse%22&lr=&ei=RcVJSom2MpeSkATBrZz-CQ&pgis=1 Modern thought and contemporary literary trends By B. Narsing Rao, Qadīr Zamān̲]
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