Shripad Raghunath Joshi

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.

Joshi wrote mostly in Marathi or Hindi 194 books on different topics, including one on various facets of Mahatma Gandhi's life, a seven-volume travelogue, and a book on Muslim culture. He translated some Urdu poetry into Marathi.

Maharashtra state government honored Joshi with Santwan award in 1980.

He was awarded India's highest literature award the Sahitya Academy Award for the year 1990 in the category of 'Translation', for his translation of Hindi Novel 'Rag Darbari' written by Shrilal Shukla to Marathi.