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Gauri Deshpande

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.

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Gauri Deshpande
Born(1942-02-11)11 February 1942
Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died1 March 2003(2003-03-01) (aged 60)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
NationalityIndian
EducationM.A., PhD
Occupation(s)Writer, Poet

Biography

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Deshpande was born in Pune to Irawati and Dinkar Dhondo Karve, youngest of three children.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]

Education

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Deshpande finished her high school education at Ahilyadevi School in Pune.[citation needed] 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

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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

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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.[citation needed]

Works

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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)[4]
  • Ekek Pan Galawaya (1985) (fiction)[5] ISBN 978-8174868510
    • translated to Gujarati as Ekek aa khare pandadun in 1989 by Jayantilal Mehta[6]
  • Teruo Te Ani Kahi Door Paryant (1985) (fiction)[7] ISBN 978-8174868664
  • 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] ISBN 978-8174867681
  • Mukkam (1992) (fiction)[11] ISBN 978-8174867445
  • Vinchurniche Dhade (1996)(fiction)[12] ASIN B00P97H35O
  • Goph (1999) (fiction)[13] ISBN 978-8174867605
  • Utkhanan (2002) (fiction)[14] 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.[citation needed]

English works

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  • "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] 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[23][24][25]
  • Right on, Sister! (1995) (Article co-authored with Vidyut Aklujkar published in Journal of South Asian literature)[26]
  • --and Pine for What Is Not (1995) (translation of Sunita Deshpande's Ahe Manohar Tari...)[citation needed] ISBN 9780863115790
  • The Lackadaisical Sweeper (1997) (short story collection)[27] ISBN 9788186852040
  • Diary of a decade of agony (translation of Avinash Dharmadhikari's Aswastha dashakachi diary)[citation needed] ISBN 9780863116285
  • The female of the Species (a short poem)[28] ISBN 9780062320896

Influence

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  • 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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  1. ^ a b c "'I could write only after mother died' | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "A Bruising Pursuit Of Love". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Fergusson College, Pune". fergusson.edu. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ a b "FILM: AAMHI DOGHI - Pune Mirror -". Pune Mirror. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1985). Ekeka pāna gaḷāvayā. Mumbaī: Mauja. OCLC 36439235.
  6. ^ a b Deshpande, Gauri; Mehta, Jayantilal Manilal (1989). Ekek aa khare pandadun (in Gujarati). Bombay: Navbharat. OCLC 59049836.
  7. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1985). Teruo ani kahee duraparyant (in Marathi). Bombay: Mauj Prakashan. OCLC 62964003.
  8. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1986). Āhe he asã āhe. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha.
  9. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (2008). Niragāṭhī āṇi Candrike ga, sārike ga. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. OCLC 729686769.
  10. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1989). "Dustara hā ghāṭa": āṇi, "Thāṅga". Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. OCLC 35114857.
  11. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1992). Mukkāma (in Marathi). Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha.
  12. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1996). Viñcurṇīce dhaḍe. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. OCLC 39323058.
  13. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1999). Gopha. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. ISBN 8174861106. OCLC 42717293.
  14. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (2002). Utkhanana. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. ISBN 8174862838. OCLC 51587072.
  15. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1968). Between births. Calcutta: Writers Workshop.
  16. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1970). Lost love. Calcutta: Writers Workshop. ISBN 9780892536856.
  17. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1972). "THE MURDER". Mahfil Mahfil. 8 (4): 71–72. ISSN 0025-0503. OCLC 6015561406.
  18. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1972). Beyond the slaughter house poems. Calcutta: Pritish Nandy on behalf of Dialogue Publications.
  19. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1973). The position of women in India. Bombay. OCLC 914600048.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  20. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1974). An anthology of Indo-English poetry. Delhi: Hind Pocket Books. OCLC 637939817.
  21. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1980). "SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL". Indilite Indian Literature. 23 (1–2): 183–185. ISSN 0019-5804. OCLC 6015286381.
  22. ^ Deshpande, Gauri; Engblom, Philip; Bhagwat, Vidyut; Junghare, Indira (1982). "THAT'S THE WAY IT IS". Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature. 17 (1): 75–78. ISSN 0091-5637. OCLC 6015562736.
  23. ^ "Getting it Rite". mid-day. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  24. ^ Collected Plays of Satish Alekar: The Dread Departure, Deluge, The Terrorist, Dynasts, Begum Barve, Mickey and the Memsahib. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 1 March 2011. ISBN 9780198069881.
  25. ^ Āḷekara, Satīśa; Deshpande, Gauri (1989). The dread departure = Mahanirvan. Calcutta: Seagull Books. ISBN 817046059X. OCLC 20894727.
  26. ^ Deshpande, Gauri; Aklujkar, Vidyut (1995). "RIGHT ON, SISTER!". Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature. 30 (1–2): 17–22. ISSN 0091-5637. OCLC 6015360226.
  27. ^ Deshpande, Gauri (1997). The lackadaisical sweeper: short stories. Chennai: Manas. ISBN 8186852042. OCLC 632483395.
  28. ^ Roy, Devapriya. "On Mother's Day, a warm, moving book that happens to be about mothers and daughters". Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  29. ^ Deshpande, Gauri; Deshpande, Shashi; Deshpande, Shashi; Deshpande, Shashi (2010). Deliverance: a novella. New Delhi: Women Unlimited. ISBN 978-8188965632. OCLC 740756032.
  30. ^ Kulkarni, Reshma (5 March 2011). "All in the family". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  31. ^ "Relentlessly honest". Deccan Herald. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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