Chandrakant Devtale (1936—2017) 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. During his childhood, his family migrated to the Indore State.[1] He completed his higher education in Indore, and received his doctorate from the Sagar University.[2]
Devtale mostly wrote poems in both Hindi and Marathi.[2] He has been referred to as one of the most political Hindi poets.[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] In a 2016 event, speaking about poetry, Devtale said: "My roots are in villages and the anxiety in me belongs to the tribals."[4] He has received various awards, including the Makhan Lal Chaturvedi Award,[2] Sahitya Akademi Award,[5] and Kusumagraja National Award.[6] Devtale's works include:[1]
Devtale died on August 14, 2017.[1]
