What is Ratnakar Matkari?
[[File:A still of Shri Ratnakar Ramakrishna Matkari who will be presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Theatre Playwriting - Marathi by the President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam in New Delhi on October 26, 2004.jpg|right|200px]] '''Ratnakar Ramkrushna Matkari''' (17 November 1938&nbsp;– 17 May 2020) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer, director, and artist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsindia-times.com/newsindiatimes/20110726/4854291239219444304.htm|title=Biennial Marathi Convention Attracts Thousands|publisher=News India Times|author=Ela Dutt|access-date=24 January 2012|archive-date=19 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084533/http://www.newsindia-times.com/newsindiatimes/20110726/4854291239219444304.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was born in [[Mumbai]], India. Matkari worked as a columnist for newspapers and magazines in the 1970s. He wrote the column ''Soneri Savalya'' (सोनेरी सावल्या) in ''Apale Mahanagar'' (आपले महानगर) for four years. Matkari's 98 works thus far include 33 plays, 8 collections of his [[one-act play]]s, 18 books of his short stories, 3 novels, a book of poems for children, and 14 plays and three collections of plays for children. In 2013, he directed a movie, ''[[Investment (movie)|Investment]]'', that was based on his play of the same name. Matkari died of [[COVID-19]] on 17 May 2020 in Mumbai, aged 81.<ref> {{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/marathi-writer-playwright-ratnakar-matkari-dead/article31612627.ece|title=Marathi writer, playwright Ratnakar Matkari dead |date=18 May 2020|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=18 May 2020|language=En}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Matkari}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai]] [[Category:Indian artists]] [[Category:Indian movie directors]] [[Category:Indian movie producers]] [[Category:Indian screenwriters]] [[Category:Indian playwrights]] [[Category:Indian theatre directors]] [[Category:Writers from