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Gauri Deshpande (11 February 1942 – 1 March 2003) was a novelist, short story writer, and poet from Maharashtra, India. She wrote in Marathi and English.




Biography


Deshpande was born in Pune to Irawati and Dinkar Dhondo Karve, youngest of three children. 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, A Pack of Lies, and Equal to Angels; the short story collection, Slither: Carnal Prose, and edited Madhouse: True stories of the Inmates of Hostel 4.




= Education

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Deshpande finished her high school education at Ahilyadevi School in Pune. She then attended Fergusson College to receive an M.A in English Literature. She eventually received her PhD in English from Pune University.




= Professional life

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Deshpande taught at the Department of English at Fergusson College and later as a professor at the department of English at the then University of Pune.




= Death

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Deshpande died in Pune on 1 March 2003 due to complications arising as a result of alcohol abuse. She is survived by two daughters from her first husband, one daughter from her second husband, three grandsons and a granddaughter.




Works


Deshpande wrote in Marathi and English. Her works include fiction, non-fiction, short stories, articles and translations.




= Marathi works

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Paus Ala Motha (1973)
Ekek Pan Galawaya (1985) (fiction) ISBN 978-8174868510
translated to Gujarati as Ekek aa khare pandadun in 1989 by Jayantilal Mehta
Teruo Te Ani Kahi Door Paryant (1985) (fiction) ISBN 978-8174868664
Ahe He Ase Ahe (1986) ASIN B07H57L8RR
Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga (1987) (fiction) ASIN B07NVXCTS6
Dustar Ha Ghat Ani Thang (1989)(Marathi fiction) ISBN 978-8174867681
Mukkam (1992) (fiction) ISBN 978-8174867445
Vinchurniche Dhade (1996)(fiction) ASIN B00P97H35O
Goph (1999) (fiction) ISBN 978-8174867605
Utkhanan (2002) (fiction) ISBN 9788184989540
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.




= English works

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"Between Births" (1968)
Lost love (1970)
The Murder (Article)
Beyond the Slaughterhouse (1972) (poems)
The position of women in India (1973) (Pamphlet)
An anthology of Indo-English poetry (1974)
Small is beautiful (Article)
That's the way it is (1982)(Article published in Journal of South Asian literature) ISBN 9780226256092
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
Right on, Sister! (1995) (Article co-authored with Vidyut Aklujkar published in Journal of South Asian literature)
--and Pine for What Is Not (1995) (translation of Sunita Deshpande's Ahe Manohar Tari...) ISBN 9780863115790
The Lackadaisical Sweeper (1997) (short story collection) ISBN 9788186852040
Diary of a decade of agony (translation of Avinash Dharmadhikari's Aswastha dashakachi diary) ISBN 9780863116285
The female of the Species (a short poem) ISBN 9780062320896




Influence


In 1989, her book Ekek Pan Galawaya was translated to Gujarati as Ekek aa khare pandadun by Jayantilal Mehta
In 2010, her book Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga was translated to English as Deliverance: a Novella by Shashi Deshpande
In 2018, her book Paus Ala Motha was adapted into the Marathi film Aamhi Doghi.




References

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• English Vinglish
• Shah Rukh Khan
• Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
• Daftar pemeran film perempuan India
• Radha Krishna
• Rishta Likhenge Hum Naya
• Filmografi Shah Rukh Khan
• Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki
• Gopi (seri televisi)
• Swades
• Gauri Deshpande
• Aamhi Doghi
• Deshpande
• Sulabha Deshpande
• Shyamchi Aai (2023 film)
• Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Marathi
• Gauri (given name)
• Sunita Deshpande
• 8th Filmfare Awards Marathi
• Avinash Dharmadhikari