Sadanand More

{{Short description|Marathi writer, poet and playwright (born 1952)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1952|06|25}}

| birth_place = Dehu, Maharashtra

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Writer, poet, playwright, critic, historian, lecturer

| awards = Sahitya Akademi Award

| notable_works = Tukaram Darshan (criticism)

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Sadanand Shridhar More (born 25 June 1952) is a Marathi writer, poet, playwright, critic, historian, lecturer, and kirtan writer. More is a scholar of Sant Sahitya (saint literature) and is an authority on Sant Tukaram. He is currently serving as Head of the Philosophy Department at Savitribai Phule University, Pune, Maharashtra.{{cite web |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/n0bFVeeyxetAKsm4UI2LBI/The-return-of-the-Maharashtrian-Brahmin.html |title=The return of the Maharashtrian Brahmin |format= |accessdate=2020-05-18}} He is a tenth-generation descendant of Sant Tukaram.{{cite book|title=Historicizing Emotions: Practices and Objects in India, China, and Japan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPA0DwAAQBAJ|date=12 September 2017|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-35296-4|page=75}}

More has authored and edited many books on saints and social issues. He received many awards for his literary works, such as the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998 for his book Tukaram Darshan.{{cite web |url=http://tukaram.com/pages/smore.asp |title=Tukaram - 17th century Marathi poet of Dehu, India |format= |accessdate=2020-05-18}} More is considered a thinker who enriched the cultural heritage of Tukaram Maharaj through his multidisciplinary endeavors.{{Cite web|date=2019-06-23|title=Sant Tukaram and his teachings are passed on to generations|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/sant-tukaram-and-his-teachings-are-passed-on-to-generations/story-9u7ayAJZo6ji5FjUugnvXN.html|access-date=2020-06-05|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}

Apart from his scholarly work specializing in reception on Tukaram, More is a career awardee from University Grants Commission (UGC), has written a doctoral dissertation titled Krsna: The Man and his Mission during 1986–89. He also wrote a two-volume Marathi book titled Lokamanya te Mahatma, which was translated into English by Abhay Datar. Historian Ramchandra Guha wrote the foreword, where he describes More's work as "... a colossal work of scholarship, at once very deep and extremely wide". Similarly in "Patriots and Partisans" authored by Guha, because of More's vast literary works, he describes him as a cult figure in Maharashtra and compares him to Partha Chaterjee of English writing.{{cite book|author=Ramachandra Guha|title=Patriots and Partisans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hCU2Kv3tinkC&pg=PT214|date=25 October 2016|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-81-8475-753-8|pages=214–}} More also wrote some plays. While researching figures like Lokamanya and Gandhi, he learned more about theatre, and since childhood he was motivated by actor/singer Bal Gandharva. He went on to write a play on Bal Gandharva and his love life with Gauharbai, a classical singer from Karnataka.{{cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/pune-news/bal-gandharva-gauharbai-took-gandharva-gayaki-to-the-common-people-through-their-artistic-passion/story-By077DWEkAMlvupcMwqVTM.html |title='Bal Gandharva, Gauharbai took Gandharva Gayaki to the common people through their artistic passion' |format= |accessdate=2020-05-18}}

On 10 December 2014, More was elected the 88th president of ABMSS (Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan).{{Cite web|date=1 January 2016|title=Four-day Marathi Sahitya Sammelan from January 15 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Four-day-Marathi-Sahitya-Sammelan-from-January-15/articleshow/50401856.cms|access-date=2020-06-04|website=The Times of India|language=en}} He currently serves as a member of General Council and Advisory board on Marathi language at Sahitya Akademi.{{cite web |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/aboutus/marathi.jsp |title=Welcome to Sahitya Akademi - Members of Advisory Boards (Marathi) |format= |accessdate=2020-05-18}}{{cite web |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/aboutus/general_council.jsp |title=Welcome to Sahitya Akademi |format= |accessdate=2020-05-18}}