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Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis Writer

Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis (Devanagari:शिवराम दत्तात्रेय फडणीस, Popularly known as S. D. Phadnis Devanagari:शि. द. फडणीस) born at Bhoj, Dist. Belgaum, India on July 29, 1925 is a cartoonist and illustrator from India.He took his formal art education at Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai.His captionless cartoons bring out the humour in everyday life, crossing the boundaries of language, region or class.Phadnis has designed the cover of the Diwali Special issue of the Marathi magazine Mohini for every year since 1952.He has been awarded 'Life Time Achievement Award' by Indian Institute of Cartoonists in June 2001.A number his cartoons have been exhibited and published by the Montreal International Salon of Cartoons. He was invitee participant in 'Cartoons from India' exhibition at Frankfurt Book Fair.He is married to Shakuntala and has two daughters.He lives in Pune.