Gauri Deshpande
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Biography
Deshpande was born in Pune to Irawati and Dinkar Dhondo Karve, youngest of three children.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She is also the granddaughter of the social reformer Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve.
Her daughter Urmila Deshpande is also an author and published the novels Kashmir Blues,[1] A Pack of Lies,[2] and Equal to Angels; the short story collection, Slither: Carnal Prose, and edited Madhouse: True stories of the Inmates of Hostel 4.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Education
Deshpande finished her high school education at Ahilyadevi School in Pune.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She then attended Fergusson College to receive an M.A in English Literature. She eventually received her PhD in English from Pune University.[1]
Professional life
Deshpande taught at the Department of English at Fergusson College[3] and later as a professor at the department of English at the then University of Pune.
Death
Deshpande died in Pune on 1 March 2003 due to complications arising as a result of alcohol abuse.[1] She is survived by two daughters from her first husband,[2] one daughter from her second husband,[2] three grandsons and a granddaughter.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Works
Deshpande wrote in Marathi and English. Her works include fiction, non-fiction, short stories, articles and translations.
Marathi works
- Paus Ala Motha (1973)[4]
- Ekek Pan Galawaya (1985) (fiction)[5] Template:ISBN
- translated to Gujarati as Ekek aa khare pandadun in 1989 by Jayantilal Mehta[6]
- Teruo Te Ani Kahi Door Paryant (1985) (fiction)[7] Template:ISBN
- Ahe He Ase Ahe (1986)[8] ASIN B07H57L8RR
- Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga (1987) (fiction)[9] ASIN B07NVXCTS6
- Dustar Ha Ghat Ani Thang (1989)(Marathi fiction)[10] Template:ISBN
- Mukkam (1992) (fiction)[11] Template:ISBN
- Vinchurniche Dhade (1996)(fiction)[12] ASIN B00P97H35O
- Goph (1999) (fiction)[13] Template:ISBN
- Utkhanan (2002) (fiction)[14] Template:ISBN
- She also translated the ten volumes of "Arabian Nights" written by Sir Richard Burton from English to Marathi. The volumes were published in 1976-77.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
English works
- "Between Births" (1968)[15]
- Lost love (1970)[16]
- The Murder (Article)[17]
- Beyond the Slaughterhouse (1972) (poems)[18]
- The position of women in India (1973) (Pamphlet)[19]
- An anthology of Indo-English poetry (1974)[20]
- Small is beautiful (Article)[21]
- That's the way it is (1982)(Article published in Journal of South Asian literature)[22] Template:ISBN
- Collected Plays of Satish Alekar (1989) co-editor. Within the book, the story The Dread Departure was the english translation of the 1974 Marathi play Mahanirvan by Satish Alekar[23][24][25]
- Right on, Sister! (1995) (Article co-authored with Vidyut Aklujkar published in Journal of South Asian literature)[26]
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- The Lackadaisical Sweeper (1997) (short story collection)[27] Template:ISBN
- Diary of a decade of agony (translation of Avinash Dharmadhikari's Aswastha dashakachi diary)Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:ISBN
- The female of the Species (a short poem)[28] Template:ISBN
Influence
- In 1989, her book Ekek Pan Galawaya was translated to Gujarati as Ekek aa khare pandadun by Jayantilal Mehta[6]
- In 2010, her book Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga was translated to English as Deliverance: a Novella by Shashi Deshpande[29][30][31]
- In 2018, her book Paus Ala Motha was adapted into the Marathi film Aamhi Doghi.[4]
References
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