Pralhad Keshav Atre (pronunciationⓘ) (13 August 1898 – 13 June 1969), popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of Maratha (a Marathi language newspaper), and above all a noted orator.

Atre is born on 13 August 1898 in a Marathi Deshastha Rigvedi Brahmin[1] family of Kodit Khurd, a village near Saswad in Pune district.

[2] Before returning to India he studied Experimental Psychology under Cyril Burt and taught at Harrow.

But the other two, Maratha and (Weekly) Navayug, ran for many years with a large circulation.

Poetry collections: 1.Akrava Avtar (अकरावा अवतार) (1920) 2.Zenduchi Fule (झेंडूची फुले) (1925) 3.Geetganga (गीतगंगा) (1935) 4.Panchagavya (पंचगव्य) (1958) Novels: 1.Maharashtra Mohra (महाराष्ट्र मोहरा) (1914) 2.Mohityancha Shaap (मोहित्यांचा शाप) (1921) 3.Changuna (चांगुणा) (1954) Autobiographical works: 1.Mi Kasa Jhalo (मी कसा झालो) 2.Karheche Pani (कर्हेचे पाणी)