Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar

Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar (Marathi: गजानन त्र्यंबक माडखोलकर) (December 28, 1900 – November 27, 1976) was a Marathi novelist and a literary critic from Maharashtra, India. Madkholkar was born on December 28, 1900, in Mumbai. His father, a Karhade Brahmin priest who was financially well-off, brought up Madkholkar in a strict, highly orthodox Hindu environment. At his age 18, Madkholkar failed in the high school matriculation examination, and abandoned his formal studies. However, he extensively read Marathi, Sanskrit, and English literature. He also carefully studied the history of Italy and Ireland.