Prafull Shiledar is an Indian poet writing in Marathi language. He also writes in Hindi. He has four Poetry Collections in Marathi, two in Hindi, one in Kannada, one in Odia, six edited books and six translated books. He has written prose on socio- literary issues. He has translated poetry from Indian languages and from Europe, America and Latin America.
His poems are translated into many Indian languages including Hindi, English, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Manipuri, Gujarati, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Dakhani and foreign languages including Slovak, Turkish & German. His poems are included in national and international poetry anthologies. His poetry is in the academic syllabus of Indian universities.
He has read poetry in literary festivals and events in India, Europe, USA and Middle East. He was invited for poetry reading in 11th Ars Poetica Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia. He was invited as a fellow writer in the International writer's residency program by Art Omi, New York in Spring 2025.
His poetry and translations are honored by many awards including Maharashtra State award (Keshavsut Award) for best poetry collection and Sahitya Akademi Translation Award (2018) by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.
Since 2018 he is the editor of one of the oldest Marathi literary quarterly 'Ýugvani'.
