Shripad Krushna Kolhatkar (1871 – 1934) was a Marathi writer from Bombay Presidency, British India.
At age 17, he finished his high school education and joined Deccan College in Pune to receive his bachelor's degree in 1891.
He wrote a 110-page critique on the play Totayache Banda (तोतयाचे बंड) of Narasimha Chintaman Kelkar, which included his thoughts on the art of writing plays, and he wrote a 135-page critique on the novel Ragini (रागिणी) of Vaman Malhar Joshi, which included his thoughts on the art of writing novels.
Besides entertaining readers, bringing about social reform was an important objective of Kolhatkar's writings.
Writers Ram Ganesh Gadkari, Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, Gajanan Tryambak Madkholkar, Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar, and Prahlad Keshav Atre honored him as their guru.