Vishwas Patil

Vishwas Patil (born 28 November 1959) is an Indian author and an officer in Indian Administrative Service. He completed his masters M.A. in English Literature and a degree in Law.

Works

 * Lust for Lalbaug, novel about Great Bombay textile strike publisher Rajhans Prakashan, 2015
 * Panipat, novel about Third Battle of Panipat
 * Sambhaji, biographical novel about Sambhaji
 * Ranangan, play based on novel Panipat
 * Chandramukhi, novel based on relations between a politician and a "tamasha" dancer
 * Not gone with the wind, novel based on the film industry personalities
 * Pangira, novel about hardship of village people
 * Mahanayak, biographical novel about Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
 * Zadazadati (novel), a touching story of people displaced due to infrastructure projects like dams, it was honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992,

Awards

 * 1989 Nath Madhav Award for Panipat
 * 1990 Priyadarshini National Award for Zadazadati, Bhartiya Bhasha Parishad Award for Panipat, Vikhe Patil Award for Zadazadati
 * 1992 Sahitya Akademi Award for Zadazadati
 * 1998 Gadakri Award for Mahanayak