Poet, writer, filmmaker, painter, translator, editor. Author of 26 books. Widely traveled in Africa, Asia, Europe, and America. Recepient of many national and international awards, honours, and prizes. On the visiting faculty of many international universities. Lives in Pune, Maharashtra, India with wife and grandson aged 22 years.
He started writing poetry in the late 1950s and the earliest influences on him were the Marathi Bhakti poets from the 13th to the 17th century, Jnanadev and Tukaram in particular, the French symbolist and surrealist poets, 20th century American poets such more...
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