Tukaram, arguably
the greatest poet in the Marathi
language. Tukaram's genius partly lies
in his ability
to transform the
external world into
its spiritual analogue.
Tukaram's stature
in Marathi literature
is comparable to that of
Shakespeare in English
or Goethe in
German. He could
be called the
quintessential Marathi poet
reflecting the genius or
the language as well as
its characteristic literary
culture. There is no
other Marathi writer who has so
deeply and widely
influenced Marathi literary culture
since. Poetry as a genre is incomplete without
Tukaram.
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