The police have acceded to the request, he said on Wednesday. The felicitation programme is scheduled to take place at the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad office here
The all-India Marathi literary meet, to be attended by a galaxy of authors, poets and critics, is being held for over nine decades now. The 77-year-old Christian priest, who hails from Vasai, a distant suburb of Mumbai, has authored several Marathi books. His book 'Nava Karar', a translation of the New Testament in contemporary context, was honoured with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award. Debrito, who is also an environmental activist, regularly writes columns in Marathi newspapers.
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