Dr. Gauri Deshpande
Born	(1942-02-11)11 February 1942 Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died	1 March 2003(2003-03-01) (aged 60) Pune, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Education	M.A., PhD
Occupation(s)	Writer, Poet

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.^{[ 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

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

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.^{[ citation needed]}

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] 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

• "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

• 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