Shripad Narayan Pendse (5 January 1913 – 23 March 2007) was a Marathi writer.
[citation needed] His novel, Rathachakra (The Chariot-Wheel), received a Sahitya Akademi Award in 1963.
[citation needed] His novel, Garambicha Bapu, was translated in 1969 into English, titled –'Wild Bapu of Garambi', as a part of the UNESCO Collection of Representative Works, which had been organized with Sahitya Akademi collaboration.
[citation needed] He was offered a Rockfeller Foundation Scholarship, under which he travelled Europe and United States in order to study and exchange his views with other novelists and learned people.
[citation needed] EM Forster's letter to SN Pendse is reproduced in the autobiography of SN Pendse on page 243,244,245 SN Pendse "Lekhak Ani Manus" Ek Mitra published by Mouj publishers publication 228, in November 1974.. Novels Dramas Short stories Other Articles Characterisation[clarification needed] Autobiography Translation into other languages This article is based on his autobiography, written in 1974, and published by Mauj Prakashan.