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Vishwas Patil (born 28 November 1959, in Nerle, Kolhapur district) is an Indian author, and IAS officer,historian,^[1]^[2] He completed his masters M.A. in English Literature and a degree in Law.^{[citation needed]}

Works

Lust for Lalbaug, novel about Great Bombay textile strike publisher Rajhans Prakashan, 2015
Panipat, novel about Third Battle of Panipat
Sambhaji, biographical novel about Sambhaji Maharaj
Ranangan, play based on novel Panipat
Chandramukhi, novel based on relations between a politician and a "tamasha" dancer
Not gone with the wind, critical essays based on the film industry personalities
Pangira, novel about hardship of village people
Mahanayak, biographical novel about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
Zadazadati (novel), a touching story of people displaced due to infasturcture projects like dams, it was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992, this novel is published in English with title 'A dirge for the dammed' published by Hachette India. so also in Gujarati with title Lohina Aasu published by Navbaharat, in Aassemes as titled Bidirn Bagjaai (Sahitya Akademi) so also in Canada, Urdu by Sahitya Akademi ^[3]

1989Nath Madhav Award for Panipat
1990 Priyadarshini National Award for Zadazadati, Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award for Panipat, Vikhe Patil Award for Zadazadati
1992 Sahitya Akademi Award for Zadazadati^[4]
1993 Best Award for novel from State Government to Pangira
1998 Gadakri Award for Mahanayak
1999 Best Award for novel from State Government of Maharashtra to Mahanayak.
2000 Jayawant Dalavi Award for Best play writing for Ranangan
2005 Best Award for novel from Sahitya Parishad Pune to Chandramukhi
2009 State Government best film criticism award for Not Gone With the Wind
2011 Labaseth Award]} from U.S.A. of 1 lakh rupees as a Best Marathi Writer.
2016 Lokmangal best novel award for Lust for Lalbaugh
2017 Most popular Marathi writer award by readers choice awarded by daily Divy Marathi.

^ Tare, Kiran (23 December 2011). "The Burden of Battle". India Today. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
^ Deshmukh, Vinita (16 November 2004). "Retrial at Red Fort". The Indian Express. Pune. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
^ Patil,, Vishwas; Ramachandra, Keerti (English translator) (2014). A Dirge for the Dammed. Gurgaon, India: Hachette India. ISBN 978-93-5009-590-4. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
^ Sahitya Akademi Awards Information