Nagnath Lalujirao Kottapalle

Nagnath Lalujirao Kottapalle (29 March 1948 – 30 November 2022) was an Indian educationist and Marathi writer from Maharashtra. He was the vice chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, whose seat is in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. He was elected as a president of 86th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan scheduled to be held at Chiplun.

Early life and education Kottapalle was born in the town of Mukhed in Nanded District on 29 March 1948. He received his B.A. (1969), M.A. (1971), and Ph.D (1980) degrees from Marathwada University in Marathi literature.

Career Kottapalle started his career as a college lecturer in 1971 and moved up to be the head of Marathi department at University of Pune in 1996.

Kottapalle was a member of the following educational or literary organizations:

Publications

Awards Maharashtra state awards for the following literary works Moods (1976) (Poetry) Sandharbha (1984) (Short Stories) Gandhariche Dole (1985) (Novel) Gramin Sahitya 1985 (Critique) Udyachya Sunder Divsasathi (2002) (Essays) Keshavrao Vichare Paritoshik for Jyotiparva (2002) (Biography) B. Raghunath Award for Rakha Ani Paus (1995) (Short stories) Mahatma Phule Purskar for Rakha Ani Paus (1995) Parimal Award for Gramin Sahitya : Swarup Ani Shodh (1985) (Critique) Shirish Gandhi Literary Award for Sahitya Awakash (Critique) Yeshwantrao Chavan Literary Award (2001)