title: Sharchchandra Muktibodh
text: # Sharchchandra Muktibodh
  
  Sharchchandra Muktibodh (Devanagari: शरच्चंद्र मुक्तिबोध; 1921 – 21 November 1984) was a Marathi poet, novelist and literary critic from Maharashtra, India.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Muktibodh was born in 1921. He completed his Master of Arts in 1947 from Nagpur University. He started his career as a deputy director in the language department of government. In 1957, he joined Nagpur Mahavidyalaya as a lecturer, from where he retired in 1979.
  
  Muktibodh died on 21 November 1984. His elder brother Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh was also a poet and writer of Hindi literature.
  
  ## Literary works
  
  ### Novels
  
  * Sarahadda (सरहद्द)
  * Jan He Wolatu Jethe (जन हे वोळतु जेथे)
  * Kshipra (क्षिप्रा)
  
  ### Collections of poems
  
  * Nawi Malawat (नवी मळवाट)
  * Satyachi Jat (सत्याची जात)
  * Yatrik (यात्रिक)
  * Muktibodhanchi Niwadak Kavita (मुक्तिबोधांची निवडक कविता)
  
  ## Awards
  
  Muktibodh received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979 for his critical work Srushti, Saundarya Ani Sahityamoolya (सृष्टि, सौंदर्य आणि साहित्यमूल्य).
  
  