Uttam Tupe (28 December 1932 – 26 April 2020) was a writer and poet from Pune, India.
[3][4] Tupe wrote a series of novels with a Devadasi theme that were released into the Marathi literary scene in the 1980s.
[3] Tupe began writing in the rustic dialect of his native Satara district.
It was immediately published, and a few months later, Tupe got Rs 501 as a cash prize from the Marathi Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad.
Other themes include: Villagers superstitions,[9] dowry murders, and the problems of unemployed youth and migrants.