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{{Infobox person
|name          = Sadanand Shantaram Rege
|image         = Selected_Writings_of_Sadanand_Rege.jpg
|alt           = 
|caption       = Selected Writings of Sadanand Rege, Edited by [[Vasant Abaji Dahake]], Publisher [[Sahitya Akademi]],  1996/2010/2013
|birth_name    = 
|birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|06|21}}
|birth_place   = [[Rajapur, Maharashtra|Rajapur]], [[Ratnagiri]], [[Maharashtra]], India
|death_date    = {{death date and age|1982|09|21|1923|06|21|df=yes}}
|death_place   = [[Mumbai]], India
|nationality   = Indian
|other_names   = 
|known_for     = Modern poetry in Marathi
|education     = M.A. English, 1961
|alma_mater    = [[University of Mumbai]]
|employer      = 
|occupation    = College teacher, Poet, Dramatist, Short-story writer, Translator, Cartoonist, Painter
|awards        = Government of Maharashtra, Soviet Land Nehru Award
|footnotes     = 
}}

'''Sadanand Rege''' सदानंद रेगे (21 June 1923 &ndash; 21 September 1982)  was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] poet, playwright, short-story writer, translator, cartoonist and painter. He was born in [[Rajapur, Maharashtra|Rajapur]], [[Ratnagiri]], [[Maharashtra]].

During his lifetime, his twenty eight books were published. His three books of poetry won government of Maharashtra award for literary achievements. His translation of [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]]'s poems into Marathi: 'Pant Ghatlela Dhag' won him Soviet Land Nehru Award.

He was a trained painter and even held two exhibitions of his paintings in [[Norway]] where he was traveling.<ref>Akshar Gandharv/ Sadanand Rege: Mulakhat-Dayari-Patre by Pra Shri Nerurkar, published by [[Popular Prakashan]], 1987</ref>

He taught at [[Ramnarain Ruia College]] from 1962 until his death in 1982. Earlier he held a number of jobs including a stint in [[Indian Railways]] as a clerk.

==Published works==

===Books===

===Poetry===
* Aksharvel, 1950
* Gandharva, 1960
* Devapudhcha Diva, 1965
* Brankushicha Pakshi, 1980
* Vedya Kavita, 1980

===Plays===
See 'Translations' below

===Short story collections===
* Jeevanachi Vastre, 1952
* Kalokhachi Pise, 1954
* Chandane, 1959
* Chandra Savali Korato, 1963
* Masa aani Itar Vilakshan Katha, 1965
* Sadanand Rege: Nivadak Katha: Sampadak: Arvind Gokhale, 1988

===Translations into Marathi===
* ''Midia'', [[Popular Prakashan]], 1993 {{ISBN|9788171856688}} {{ISBN|8171856683}} (Marathi translation of [[Euripides]]'s [[Medea (play)]])
* ''Pach Diwas'', [[Popular Prakashan]], 1991 {{ISBN|9788171852598}} {{ISBN|8171852599}} (Marathi translation of Henry Zeiger's play 'Five Days', 1965)
* Pant Ghatlela Dhag, 1971 (Marathi translation of [[Vladimir Mayakovsky]]) 
* Trunparne, 1982 (Marathi translation of [[Walt Whitman]])
* Jayketu, 1959 Original Writer [[Sophocles]]
* Brand, 1963 Original Writer [[Henrik Ibsen]]
* Badshah, 1965 Original Writer [[Eugene O'Neill]]
* Jyanche Hote Praktan Shapit, 1965 Original Writer [[Eugene O'Neill]]
* Gochi, 1974 Original Writer [[Tadeusz Różewicz]]
* Raja Idipas, 1977 Original Writer [[Sophocles]]
* Chandra Dhalala, 1947 Original Writer [[John Steinbeck]]
* Moti, 1950 Original Writer [[John Steinbeck]]
* Band, 1958 Original Writer [[George Orwell]]
* Tambade Tattu, 1962 Original Writer [[John Steinbeck]]
* Chandrotsav, 1966 Original Writer [[Bette Bao Lord]]
* Saseholpat, 1968 Original Writer [[Lin Yutang]]

==References==

* 'Nivadak Sadanand Rege' Edited by [[Vasant Abaji Dahake]], published by [[Sahitya Akademi]],  1996/2010/2013
* Akshar Gandharv/ Sadanand Rege: Mulakhat-Dayari-Patre by Pra Shri Nerurkar, published by [[Popular Prakashan]], 1987
* An essay titled 'Aksharvel' from a Marathi book 'Jigsaw' by Ramdas Bhatkal, 1997/1998, published by Rajhans Prakashan

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==External links==
* [http://sadanandrege.blogspot.in/ Rege's obituary] by [[Vilas Sarang]]
*[http://www.oocities.org/indian_poets/marathi.html Indian poets writing in Marathi]
*[http://www.loksatta.com/lagori-news/gochi-marathi-theatre-dramamarathi-articles-1480180/ Part 1 of a Marathi newspaper article on Rege's Marathi play 'Gochi']

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