Chandrakant Devtale (1936—2017; Hindi pronunciation: [t͡ʃən̪d̪ɾəkãːt̪ d̪eːʋt̪aːleː]) was an Indian poet, and a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Chandrakant Devtale was born on November 6, 1936, in the Gondwana region of India.
[1] He completed his higher education in Indore, and received his doctorate from the Sagar University.
[1] In his review of the poem, "दीवारों पर खून से" ('On walls with blood'), Kuldeep Kumar referred Devtale as a "genuine writer, under the enormous, multi-faceted pressures of new society.
"[3]: 118 In a 2016 event, speaking about poetry, Devtale said: "My roots are in villages and the anxiety in me belongs to the tribals.