Purushottam Laxman Deshpande poet from India was born on November 8, 1919, had 80 years and died on June 12, 2000. Poems were written mainly in Hindi language. Dominant movement is other.
Biography
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande, popularly known by his initials ??. ?. ("Pu. La.") or as P. L. Deshpande, was a Marathi writer from Maharashtra, India.
Deshpande was also an accomplished film and stage actor, music composer, harmonium player, singer, and orator.
Biography
Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was born on 8 November 1919 in Gaodevi area (Krupal Hemraj Chawl) in Mumbai to Laxman and Lakshmibai Deshpande. He belongs to the Saraswat Brahmin community. His family then moved to Vile Parle before finally Pu La Deshpande settled in Pune for educational and work purposes.
Purushottam received his college education at Fergusson College in Pune and Willingdon College in Sangli.
On 12 June 1946, he married Sunita Thakur, an accomplished writer. They were both school teachers in Orient High School in Mumbai.
For some years, Purushottam worked as a college professor in Belgaum in Northern Karnataka and as a school teacher before embarking on his career in writing, multiple fields of acting, directing, and composing music in the world of movies. As regards his stint as a college professor Deshpande was to write later that his job was to create hatred for Marathi language instead of love for it. This was more an attack on the system of education than on the teaching job itself.
He also worked for Doordarshan - the state owned Indian TV and was deputed to BBC in UK for a year long training after which he spent some time in France and also what was then West Germany. It was this period and stays in these countries that his travelogue "Apurwai" is based upon.
Purushottam took lessons in playing harmonium from Dattopant Rajopadhye of Bhaskar Sangitalaya. He was proficient in Hindustani classical music and was an accomplished music director and singer. Being a proficient writer, he wrote screenplays, lyrics and directed music for several Marathi films.
On 12 June 2000, he died of Parkinson's disease in Pune aged 80.
A big park in Pune city ( the city which he had adopted as home town) has been named after him.
Literary Accomplishments
Deshpande was a prolific writer and produced numerous original works as well as adaptations of works from other languages into Marathi. He preferred to identify his Marathi adaptations of plays and novels in other languages as bhawanuwad (?????????), meaning "adaptation of the essence". Most of his writings are deeply rooted in Marathi language which some consider as his command over the language while some others consider it as a shortcoming. He is best known for his wit and his detailed observation and ability to put it succinctly. He was awarded a Sahitya Academy award for his book "Vyakti Ani Valli". ..
