aurangabad commoners lives and issues inspire and intrigue me and i get compelled to pen down my feelings said poet anuradha patil the winner of sahitya akademi award 2019 for marathi language here on wednesday the sahitya akademi announced its annual awards in 23 languages and kadachit ajunahi a poetry collection of patil released in 2017 was selected for the award patil who is based in aurangabad said the recognition at the national level would serve as a boon for marathi literature our literature has a tradition of over 700 years we have the list of illustrated poets who have carved niche for themselves despite such glorious past i often worry that whether we contemporary poets are taking this legacy forward or backward and thus the award is somewhat solace to me she said patil 66 said that the award in a way would dispel different illnotions associated with marathwada outsiders who dont know the region at its core have portrayed marathwada as the disadvantaged part of the world no doubt urbanization and migration have inflicted wounds on the region but it is still rich on varied fronts i feel proud that i hail from marathwada the award for me is an honour for my region also she saidborn on april 5 1953 at pahur in jamner taluka of jalgaon district patil started writing in her late 20s having a total six poetry collections to her credit she released her first book in 1981 she also handled different genres of literature including critic and translated acclaimed literary work from other languages among different honours she received the state award for literature in 1993 sahitya akademi is expected to confer the award upon patil and other winners during a formal function to be helddelhi shortly