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Introduction Hemant Divate (1967) is a reputed poet, he writes in his mother tongue, Marathi. He has to his credit a book of poems –‘ Chautishiparyantchya Kavita’ which has been a path-breaking collection. It has been translated to the English by renowned poet and translator, Dilip Chitre titled- Virus Alert. His second collection of poems ‘Thambtach Yet Nahi’ published last year also got an overwhelming response from the Marathi literary world. Hemant’s poems have also been translated into the German, Bengali, Urdu, Hindi and Malyalam.He has won many prestigious awards which include the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad’s - ‘Yuva Sahitya Puraskar’ (Kolkatta), the Vasant Sawant puraskar, the Vishakha puraskar and the Ashirwad Award.-By Sacks