Ranjit Desai

Ranjit Ramchandra Desai (8 April 1928 – 6 March 1992) was an Indian Marathi-language writer from Maharashtra, India. He is best known for his historical novels ''Swami'' and ''Shriman Yogi''. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1964 and the Padma Shri in 1973. Provided by Wikipedia