Suresh Bhat

Suresh Bhat

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Suresh Bhat Profile

  • Name:
  • Suresh Bhat
  • Born:
  • April 15, 1932
  • Died:
  • March 14, 2003
  • Father:
  • Shridhar Bhat

Suresh Bhat Biography

Suresh Bhat was a noted ghazal writer of Marathi language. He belonged to Maharashtra. He has been fondly called Ghazal Samrat (Emperor of ghazals) for his exposition of the ghazal form of poetry and its introduction to Marathi literature. His poetry works include – Roopgandha, Ranga maazhaa vegalaa, Elgaar, Zanjhaavaat, Rasvanticha Mujara and Saptaranga.

 

Bhat was born in Amravati, Maharashtra to Shridhar Bhat, a physician. His mother was a great lover of Marathi poems and introduced young Bhat to the world of Marathi poetry. She used to bi-heart him poems and thus from a younger age, Bhat got attached to poetic world. It deeply influenced his poetic skills as well. He was attacked by polio when he was only 2 and a half year old and throughout his life, he remained disabled. It affected his right leg. Bhat completed his education in Amravati, and earned a BA degree in 1955. Due to his physical disability and lack of interest in academics, he faced humiliation from home and he had to make thrice to win the final exams in 1955. During this time, he found full comfort in his world of poems and writings. Bhat published his first collection of poems, Roopgandha in 1961. His second work was published in 1974 - Ranga maazhaa wegalaa.

 

After graduation, he started his career as a teacher in rural areas of Amravati. He carried his poetic skills side by side and used to write poems. His poems reflect his angst about human suffering, and due to their fiery nature, are generally popular amongst the youth. He was a kind of person who didn’t forget easily the humiliations faced in his life and all those agonies were fully expressed through his words. He got married and had three kids. When one son died in an accident, he was broken completely. Suresh Bhat died of cardiac arrest on March 14, 2003 aged 71.

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Updated: February 19, 2014

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