HARI NARAYAN APTE (1864-1919) is acknowledged, by common consent, to be the founder of the modern Marathi novel, both social and historical, and of the modern Marathi short story as well. He raised the Marathi novel from the level of mere entertainment to that of a serous work of art. He had made a close study of Sanskrit classics and was well-read in English and European literatures. Although reading and writing were Apte’s main occupations he was not a ...
