The town can also lay claim to a literary connection, with four prominent Marathi authors originating from Atpadi.
He is credited in part to have started the science fiction genre of writing in Marathi literature.
His works in Marathi literature includes Shyamchi Aai (Shyam's Mother) and Dhadapadanari Mule (Struggling Children).
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While devoted to the sacred classics of the Hindus, Telang did not neglect his own vernacular, Marathi literature being enriched by his translation of Lessing's Nathan the Wise, and an essay on Social Compromise.