[2] He wrote a book Mrutyunjay (English: Victory Over Death) based on Karna, one of the leading characters of the epic Mahabharat.
This book was translated into Hindi (1974), English (1989), Kannada (1990), Gujarati (1991), Malayalam (1995) and received numerous awards and accolades.
Chhava was adapted into a 2025 hindi film of the same name directed by Laxman Utekar featuring Vicky Kaushal in the titular role.
He was born in a small farmer family of Ajara village in Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.
Dr P K chandran & Dr Jayashree translated the book in to Malayalam (Karnan), which won Kendra Sahitya Akademy Award for translation in the year 2001 Yugandhar is another Novel of Shivaji Sawant based on the life of Krishna, a great hindu god in Mahabharata and other narrative epics as well as the God of the Hindus.Yugandhar is one of the best and most famous Novels of Marathi language and it is awarded with many of the prizes and awards given by the Sahitya Academy.