Wasudev Waman Patankar (29 December 1908 – 20 June 1997), popularly known by the name Bhausaheb Patankar (Marathi: भाऊसाहेब पाटणकर), was a prominent Marathi shayar, and one of the first to pen Marathishayari, until then Shayari was an outcome of Urdu language.
W.W Patankar was an Advocate by profession.
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