Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande (original) (raw)

Atmaram Raoji Deshpande (Marathi: आत्माराम रावजी देशपांडे) (1901–8 may 1982) was a Marathi poet from Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, India. He wrote poems under the pen name Anil (अनिल). He was born on 11 September 1901 at Murtijapur in Akola district of Central India. He was married to Kusum Jayawant in 1929; she took the name Kusumavati Deshpande and was also a Marathi writer. He presided over Marathi Sahitya Sammelan (मराठी साहित्य सम्मेलन) at Malvan in 1958. A collection of letters between Deshpande and his wife was published under the title Kusumanil (कुसुमानिल) in 1976.