Narayan Dharap

Narayan Dharap (27 August 1925 – 18 August 2008) was an Indian writer, primarily of horror fiction in the Marathi language. He wrote more than 100 books and was the first Marathi author to bring H. P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos to Marathi readers. 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. He died in Pune on 18 August 2008 due to pneumonia, having suffered from lung disease for some time.