Shripad Raghunath Joshi (1920 – 2002) was a Marathi author from Maharashtra, India. Joshi was born in the Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. Under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, he participated in the Indian struggle for freedom from the British Raj. For his freedom activities, the British rulers had imprisoned him during 1942 - 1944 at Yerawada prison.