Namdeo Chandrabhan Kamble (born: Shirpur-Washim, 1 January 1948) is an Indian Marathi-language writer, social worker, journalist and teacher.[1] He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1995 for his novel Raghav Vel. He was awarded Padma Shri in the field of literature and education in 2021.[2][3]
Namdeo Kamble is an AmbedkariteDalit activist from Maharashtra, India. He is a Marathi Buddhist. He has published twenty-one books, including eight novels, four collections of poems, two collections of short stories and two fine collections, as well as character and ideological texts.[4][5]