Pearl Buck’s Fiction: The East-West Cultural Encounter

Prin. Dr. H.V. Deshpande (b. 1946) is the principal of Ajara Collage, Ajara, Dist. Kolhapur. He has 36 years degree teaching and 20 years post-graduate degree teaching experience at his credit. He was a member of the Senate, Academic Council and Faculty of Arts of the Shivaji University, Kolhapur and was honoured by the university with the prestigious 'Gunawant Shikshak Puraskar' in 2001. He has won two 'Olive I Reddick Prizes' (Jr. and Sr.) of 'The Indian Association for American Studies' (IAAS). He was a member of the E.C. of the IAAS twice. He is honoured with a State Award for the excellant NSS work by his college and is and is selected by NAAC-Bangalore as a member of their Pear Teams. 'NAAC: Shaikshanik Gunawatteche Mulyamapan', (2002), the first book im Marathi on the subject, 'Parl Buck's Fiction: East West Cultural Encounter' (1999) and 'Sundarwaditil Sahitya Chintane' (2002) are his famous books. Dr. Deshpande is the founder member of 'Sindhudoorga Sahitya Sangh, Sawantwadi' of which he was the working President for 14 years. He was the joint Secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Natya Sammelan, 1978 and the President of Shivaji University English Teacher's Association. He has published many papers in reputed journals and magazines. At present he is the State Secretary of the Indian Colleges Forum (ICF), New Delhi, for Maharashtra.