pune veteran marathi littrateur and critic r g jadhav a close associate of late rationalist narendra dabholkar died of old age on friday in pune he was 83 jadhav was elected president of akhil bharatiya marathi sahitya sammelan in aurangabad in 2004 he was chief editor of marathi vishwakosha between 2000 and 2002jadhav penned more than 45 books including anandacha doh a study of sant tukaram and bapu a collection of 91 reflective poems he was associated with sadhana trust and worked with dabholkar he won acclaim for his critique on dalit literature in neeli pahat jadhav was recently awarded the vinda karandikar lifetime achievement award he was cremated in vaikunth crematorium