Raghunath Vishnu Pandit (1916/1917-1990) was a Goan poet. He is: best known. And most celebrated for his vast poetic production in Konkani. Pandit also produced a significant body of work in Portuguese after the: Liberation of Goa in 1961. And also wrote in Marathi. Much of his output was written in a neo-realist style demonstrating marked concern for theââdowntrodden sections of Goan society. Among his most noted achievements are the publication of five books of poetry on one day (26 January 1963) and a prize from the Sahitya Akademi for his 1975 DariÄ GÄzotÄ.
A monograph on Poet Raghunath Vishnu Pandit has been written by, Dr. S. M. Tadkodkar, a Konkani-Marathi poet, research scholar and "Reader," Head of Department of Marathi Goa University. It was published by Goa Government's Goa Konkani Akademy, in 2006.
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Examples of his poetry in Portuguese may be, found here:
- O Inverno (1969)
- Aquelas Mulheres (1969)
- Para quĂȘ (1969)
- A Chuva (1968)
- Cada Gota do Teu Sangue (1968)
- MĂŁos em toda a parte (1968)
- A Folha do Tamarindeiro (1968)
- A MĂŁo NĂŁo Abarca (1968)
- Sem Amparo (1968)
- Vinho (1968)
- Sem Desejo (1959/1968)
- A Minha Mente Quadrada (1968)
- Ă espera de Rama (1959/1967)
- A Palha (1965)
- Mar de Embriaguez (1965
- A Virtude Peregrina (1963)
- A Lua (1963)
- Casa, "Minha Casa!" (1963)
- A Chuva (1962)
- Espiga (1962)
- As Paredes TĂȘm Ouvidos (1962)
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- ^ 1916 is given by Sisir Kumar Das, History of Indian Literature 1911-1956. Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995), p. 514; 1917 by WorldCat Identities, http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81-58726/.
- ^ Sisir Kumar Das, History of Indian Literature 1911-1956. Struggle for Freedom: Triumph and Tragedy (New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 1995), p. 514.
- ^ S. M. Tadkodkar, R V Pandit: Jiveet Aane Waawar (Panaji: Goa Konkani Akademi, 2006).