Narayan Dharap

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Narayan Dharap
Born	27 August 1925
Died	18 August 2008(2008-08-18) (aged 82) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Writer
Known for	Horror fiction, weird fiction

Narayan Dharap (27 August 1925 – 18 August 2008) was an Indian writer, primarily of horror fiction in the Marathi language.^[1][2] He wrote more than 100 books and was the first Marathi author to bring H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos to Marathi readers.^[1] He was also a writer of science fiction and drama.

Dharap earned a B.Sc. (Chemistry) degree from Mumbai University and had lived in Africa for some time for work.^[3] He died in Pune on 18 August 2008 due to pneumonia, having suffered from lung disease for some time.