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{{short description|Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Shanta Gokhale
| image = Shanta Gokhale in 2019.png
| image_size =
| image_upright = 0.80
| caption = Gokhale in 2019
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1939|08|14}}
| birth_place = [[Dahanu]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| nationality = Indian
| other_names =
| known_for =
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Writer
* translator
* journalist
* theatre critic
* playwright
}}
| notableworks = {{plainlist|
* ''Rita Welinkar''
* ''Tya Varshi'' (''Crowfall'')
}}
| awards =
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* Vijaykumar Shahane
* Arun Khopkar
}}
| children = Girish Shahane<br>[[Renuka Shahane]]
| website = {{URL|http://shantagokhale.com/}}
}}

'''Shanta Gokhale''' (born 14 August 1939) is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic. She is best known for her works ''Rita Welinkar'' and ''Tya Varshi''.

==Early life and education==
Born in [[Dahanu]] in [[Palghar district]] of Maharashtra, Gokhale's family moved to [[Shivaji Park Residential Zone|Shivaji Park]] neighbourhood in Mumbai in 1941 when her father, GG Gokahle, joined a newspaper, ''Searchlight''. Her father later joined the [[Bennett and Coleman]] Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/express-sunday-eye/a-critic-takes-centrestage-shanta-gokhale-sita-snehalata-reddy-5835916/|title=A critic takes centrestage: What makes Shanta Gokhale a renaissance person|first=Alaka|last=Sahani|date=2019-07-21|website=The Indian Express|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref> She did her schooling from [[Bombay Scottish School, Mahim]]. At the age of 15 she left for England where she did her B. A. (Hons) in English literature at [[Bristol University]]. Returning to India, at the age of 21, she did her M. A. (Hons) degree in English literature from [[University of Mumbai]]. Subsequently, she joined Xavier's Institute of Communication, Mumbai, where she studied Communications and Video Production.<ref name="time2006">
{{cite web|url=http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=697|title=Grew up in Shivaji Park|last=Ramnath|first=Nandini|year=2006|work=[[Time Out Mumbai]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716220548/http://www.timeoutmumbai.net/client_coverstory/client_coverstory_details.asp?code=697|archive-date=16 July 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=22 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="LivemintQuiet19">{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/QW5zou6VZQNRu318735qbL/A-quiet-illuminating-force.html|title=A quiet, illuminating force|last=Tripathi|first=Salil|date=2019-01-18|website=Livemint|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref>

==Career==
Shanta Gokhale has previously worked as a part-time teacher at [[Elphinstone College]],<ref name="LokSatta2018">{{Cite web
|url = https://www.loksatta.com/shreyas-ani-preyas-news/motivational-story-of-shanta-gokhale-1770255/
|title = फरक पडणार हे नक्की!
|date = 2018-10-13
|website = Loksatta
|language = mr-IN
|trans-title = Make a Difference for Sure!
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181209213146/https://www.loksatta.com/shreyas-ani-preyas-news/motivational-story-of-shanta-gokhale-1770255/
|archive-date = 9 December 2018
|url-status = live
|access-date = 2018-12-09
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref> and as a public relations executive at [[Glaxo Laboratories]].<ref name="WeekModestGokhale2016" />

===Writing and journalism===
Gokhale initially published stories, in both English and [[Marathi language|Marathi]], in various publications, and eventually in the 1970s, she started publishing novels. She published her first book, ''Rita Welinkar'', in Marathi (and later in English in the year 1995). She credits a letter from [[Nissim Ezekiel]] for encouraging her to write in Marathi.<ref name="HinduDriven2016" /> She wrote the book while she still worked at Glaxo, formulating the ideas during her bus journeys and writing during her lunch breaks.<ref name="LivemintQuiet19" /> Her second book, ''Tya Varshi'', was published seventeen years later, in 2008.<ref name="Cinestaan2018" /> It was later translated and published by her in English as ''Crowfall,'' in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news
|url = https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/jWfgOeO1aY6q66SGtjPeXK/Book-Review--Crowfall.html
|title = Book Review {{!}} Crowfall
|last = Ghoshal
|first = Somak
|date = Nov 30, 2013
|access-date = 2018-12-10
}}</ref><ref>
{{Cite news
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/its-about-middle-mumbai/article5642985.ece
|title=It's about middle Mumbai
|last=Baliga
|first=Shashi
|date=Jan 2, 2014
|work=The Hindu
|access-date=2018-12-10
|issn=0971-751X
}}</ref> In 2018, she released an anthology of her writings over the decades, titled ''The Engaged Observer'', which was edited by her close friend, [[Jerry Pinto]].<ref name="HinduTruthOoty2018">
{{Cite news
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/genres-at-ooty-literary-festival/article24949454.ece
|title='Today's truth-tellers are not safe'
|last=Srinivasan
|first=Pankaja
|date=Sep 14, 2018
|work=The Hindu
|access-date=2018-12-10
|issn=0971-751X
}}</ref> She planned to release her memoirs with the tentative title of ''Here’s Looking at You, Body'' in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/862020/these-are-the-books-that-some-of-indias-most-acclaimed-authors-will-be-reading-in-2018|title=These are the books that some of India's most acclaimed authors will be reading in 2018|last=Gill|first=Harsimran|date=Dec 23, 2017|website=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> It was later released as ''One Foot On The Ground: A Life Told Through The Body'' in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/929899/from-sorry-yaar-really-sorry-to-why-dont-we-get-married-shanta-gokhales-memoir-of-her-body|title=From 'Sorry yaar, really sorry' to 'Why don't we get married?': Shanta Gokhale's memoir of her body|last=Gokhale|first=Shanta|website=Scroll.in|date=10 July 2019 |access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref> In March 2020, she released ''Shivaji Park: Dadar 28: History, Places, People'', a book that traced the history of the Mumbai neighbourhood where she lives.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/portrait-of-a-dynamic-mumbai-neighbourhood-1660906-2020-03-29|title=Portrait of a dynamic Mumbai neighbourhood|first=Antara|last=Raghavan|date=29 March 2020|website=India Today|access-date=2020-04-13}}</ref>

She has written screenplays for several films and documentaries. She wrote the screenplay for the Hindi film, ''Haathi Ka Anda'' (2002) directed by Arun Khopkar for whom she has written many documentary scripts. She wrote the screenplay for the 2011 Marathi film, ''Ti Ani Itar'', adapted from [[Manjula Padmanabhan]]’s 1986 play, ''Lights Out''.<ref name="ScrollOotyLitFest2018" /> As an actor, she appeared in the parallel cinema classic, film, ''[[Ardh Satya]]'' (1983), directed by [[Govind Nihalani]], and in a 13-part TV series directed by [[Amol Palekar]].

Her daughter, [[Renuka Shahane]], made her directorial debut adapting Gokhale's novel ''Rita Welinkar'' into a Marathi film, [[Rita (2009 Indian film)|''Rita'' (2009)]]. It featured her (Shahane), [[Pallavi Joshi]] and [[Jackie Shroff]] in the cast.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/rita-is-a-kaleidoscopic-portrait-of-life-renuka/664785|title='Rita' is a Kaleidoscopic Portrait of Life: Renuka|date=Aug 23, 2009|website=Outlook India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063227/https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/rita-is-a-kaleidoscopic-portrait-of-life-renuka/664785|archive-date=10 December 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-10|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Gokhale has formerly been Arts Editor with ''[[The Times of India]]'', Mumbai, and Sub-Editor at ''[[Femina (India)|Femina]]''. Hard-nosed journalism wasn't meant for her, as she didn't like to intrude on people's privacy or push for attention.<ref name="HinduDriven2016" /> She has previously been a columnist for newspapers like ''The Sunday Times of India'' and ''[[The Independent (India)|The Independent]]'', for tabloids like ''[[Mid-Day]]'' and ''[[Mumbai Mirror]]'' and for websites like ''[[Scroll.in]]''.<ref name="LokSatta2018" /><ref name="Cinestaan2018" />

===Theatre and its criticism===
Gokhale's journey into theatre began with her study of English literature and theatre, as part of her studies in [[London]]. Soon after returning to Bombay, she happened to become good friends with [[Satyadev Dubey]]. She would attend his theatre rehearsals and observe him directing plays, some of which were written by fresh new writers like [[Girish Karnad]]. This began her journey into understanding the processes of theatre making.<ref name="Cinestaan2018" /> Later, she started writing plays like ''Avinash'' in 1988 (which was directed by Dubey),<ref name="LokSatta2018" /> ''Dip and Dop'' and ''Rosemary for Remembrance'' (which was premiered at the [[Kala Ghoda Arts Festival]] in 2016).<ref name="WeekModestGokhale2016">{{Cite magazine
|last = Pinto
|first = Jerry
|date = May 8, 2016
|title = The modest Shanta Gokhale
|url = https://www.theweek.in/columns/Jerry-Pinto/the-modest-shanta-gokhale.html
|magazine = The Week
|access-date = 2018-12-09
|archive-date = 9 December 2018
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181209214352/https://www.theweek.in/columns/Jerry-Pinto/the-modest-shanta-gokhale.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> In 2000, she published a critical study of [[Marathi theatre]], ''Playwright at the Centre: Marathi Drama from 1843 to the Present''.<ref>
{{cite book
|title=The Columbia encyclopedia of Modern Drama, (Vol. 1)
|author= Gabrielle H. Cody
|author2=Evert Sprinchorn
|publisher=Columbia University Press
|year=2007
|isbn=978-0-231-14422-3
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qYfH1tOwsHcC
|pages=665
}}</ref> She has also edited ''The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Mumbai.''<ref name="WeekModestGokhale2016" /> She has edited the book, ''The Scenes We Made'', about the theatre scene Between the mid-70s and early 90s at the Chabildas School in [[Dadar]], [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{Cite magazine
|date = Dec 2, 2018
|title = The pioneering spirit of Chabildas
|url = https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/the-pioneering-spirit-of-chabildas/articleshow/66902386.cms
|magazine = Mumbai Mirror
|access-date = 2018-12-11
}}</ref> The book was released in 2015.<ref name="LivemintQuiet19" />

===Translation===
As a translator she has worked on veteran actress [[Durga Khote]]'s noted autobiography and has published translations of several plays by leading Marathi playwrights like [[Mahesh Elkunchwar]], [[Vijay Tendulkar]], [[G.P. Deshpande]], and [[Satish Alekar]].<ref name="HinduDriven2016">
{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/%E2%80%98I-am-driven-by-an-evangelical-imperative%E2%80%99/article14429871.ece|title=I am driven by an evangelical imperative|last=Ganesh|first=Deepa|date=June 18, 2016|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-12-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216091440/https://www.thehindu.com/books/literary-review/%E2%80%98I-am-driven-by-an-evangelical-imperative%E2%80%99/article14429871.ece|archive-date=16 December 2018|url-status=live|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She credits her mother for inspiring her to translate the wealth of Marathi literature.<ref name="LokSatta2018" /> Her work in translation began with [[C.T. Khanolkar]]’s play ''Avadhya'', at the suggestion of her friend Satyadev Dubey while she was living in [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref name="HinduDriven2016" /> Some of her other translations include ''Em Ani Hoomrao'' ([[Jerry Pinto]]'s novel, ''[[Em and the Big Hoom|Em And The Big Hoom]]'' translated into Marathi), ''Begum Barve'' ([[Satish Alekar]]'s Marathi play of the same name, translated into English), ''I, Durga Khote'' ([[Durga Khote]]'s autobiography in Marathi, translated into English) and ''Guru Dutt: A Tragedy in Three Acts'' (her ex-husband Arun Khopkar's Marathi book on [[Guru Dutt]], titled ''Guru Dutt: Teen Anki Shokantika'', translated into English).<ref name="Cinestaan2018">{{Cite web
|url = https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/mar/24/11855/never-been-satisfied-with-films-adapted-from-plays-says-shanta-gokhale
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181209221341/https://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2018/mar/24/11855/never-been-satisfied-with-films-adapted-from-plays-says-shanta-gokhale
|url-status = live
|archive-date = 9 December 2018
|title = Never been satisfied with films adapted from plays, says Shanta Gokhale
|last = Paikat
|first = Anita
|date = Mar 24, 2018
|website = Cinestaan
|access-date = 2018-12-09
}}</ref> In 2018, she published ''Smritichitre: The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife,'' translated from the original Marathi version published by [[Lakshmibai Tilak]] in four parts between 1931 and 1936.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-smritichitre-the-memoirs-of-a-spirited-wifelakshmibai-tilak/story-CZVJ1dI4XsfoxVFGA40gKP.html|title=Review - Smritichitre: The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife by Lakshmibai Tilak|last=Nabar|first=Vrinda|date=Mar 23, 2018|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

==Works==
;Novels
*"The Theatre of Veenapani Chawla. Theory, Practice, Performance", Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi 2014. {{ISBN|978-0-19-809703-7}}.
* {{cite book |title=Playwright at the Centre: Marathi drama from 1843 to the present|author=Shanta Gokhale |publisher=Seagull Books|year=2000|isbn=817046157X}}
* ''Tyā varshī'' (Marathi). Mauja Prakashan. Griha, 2008. {{ISBN|8174867139}}.
* {{cite book |title=Rita Welinkar|publisher=Orient Blackswan |year=1995|isbn=812500324X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mM8WBXYDugC }}
* {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eEQ4jwEACAAJ|title=The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Mumbai|year=2015|publisher=[[Speaking Tiger Books]]|isbn=978-93-85288-99-9}}
* ''One Foot On The Ground: A Life Told Through The Body'' - autobiography. Speaking Tiger Books. 2018. {{ISBN|9789388874854}}
* ''Shivaji Park: Dadar 28: History, Places, People''. Speaking Tiger Books. 2020. {{ISBN|9788194472902}}

;Plays
* {{cite book |title=Avinash: the indestructible|publisher=Seagull Books|year= 1994|isbn=8170461073 }}

;As translator
* {{cite book |title=Begum Barve |author=Satish Alekar |author-link=Satish Alekar |translator=Shanta Gokhale |publisher=Seagull Books |year=2003 |isbn=8170462088 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/begumbarve0000alek }}
* {{cite book |title=City plays (Playscript)|author=Mahesh Elkunchwar |translator1=Shanta Gokhale |translator2=Manjula Padmanabhan |publisher=Seagull Books|year=2004|isbn=8170462304}}
* {{cite book |title=I, Durga Khote: An autobiography |author=Durga Khote |author-link=Durga Khote |translator=Shanta Gokhale |year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0195674758}}
* {{cite book |title=Collected plays of Mahesh Elkunchwar: Garbo, Desire in the rocks, Old stone mansion, Reflection, Sonata, An actor exits|author=Mahesh Elkunchwar |author-link=Mahesh Elkunchwar |translator1=Shanta Gokhale |translator2=Supantha Bhattacharya |publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008 |isbn=978-0195697971 }}
* {{cite book |title=Collected Plays of Satish Alekar: The Dread Departure, Deluge, the Terrorist, Dynasts, Begum Barve, Mickey and the Memsahib |author=Satish Alekar |translator1=Gauri Deshpande |translator2=Urmila Bhirdikar |translator3=Alok Bhalla |translator4=Jayant Dhupkar |translator5=Pramod Kale |translator6=Shanta Gokhale |publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2010|isbn=978-0198069881 }}

==Personal life==
Shanta Gokhale was married to Lt. Cdr. Vijaykumar Shahane, with whom she has two children, Girish Shahane, and noted film and television actress, [[Renuka Shahane]]. After their divorce, she was briefly married to noted filmmaker Arun Khopkar. She currently lives in Lalit Estate, [[Shivaji Park Residential Zone|Shivaji Park]], [[Mumbai]], with her two helpers, Alka Dhulap and Sanjay Pashte, and is neighbours with [[Jerry Pinto]].<ref name="LokSatta2018" /><ref>{{Cite web
|url = https://www.mid-day.com/articles/homes-around-shivaji-park-warm-tales-bombay-friendliest-public-ground-lifestyle/18246194
|title = Homes around Shivaji Park have some warm tales to unfold
|last = Marfatia
|first = Meher
|date = May 14, 2017
|website = Mid-Day
|language = en
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063317/https://www.mid-day.com/articles/homes-around-shivaji-park-warm-tales-bombay-friendliest-public-ground-lifestyle/18246194
|archive-date = 10 December 2018
|url-status = live
|access-date = 2018-12-09
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>

Over the years, Gokhale has served as a mentor for many, including poet [[Arundhathi Subramaniam]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/remembering-an-original-spirit/articleshow/59827679.cms|title=Remembering an original spirit|last=Subramaniam|first=Arundhathi|date=Jul 30, 2017|website=Mumbai Mirror|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211010307/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/remembering-an-original-spirit/articleshow/59827679.cms|archive-date=11 December 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-10|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Awards and accolades==
* Two National Awards (for documentary film scripts)<ref name="HinduStories2018">
{{Cite news
|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/stories-she-wrote/article23513545.ece
|title=Stories, she wrote
|last=Nath
|first=Parshathy J.
|date=Apr 12, 2018
|work=The Hindu
|access-date=2018-12-10
|language=en-IN
|issn=0971-751X
}}</ref>
* Two [[Maharashtra]] state awards for literary creation for her novels (one for ''Crowfall'' in 2008<ref name="HinduStories2018" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/Shanta-Gokhale-gets-state-award-for-literary-creation/articleshow/15877505.cms|title=Shanta Gokhale gets state award for literary creation|date=Dec 14, 2008|newspaper=Mumbai Mirror|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211012126/https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/Shanta-Gokhale-gets-state-award-for-literary-creation/articleshow/15877505.cms|archive-date=11 December 2018|url-status=live|access-date=2018-12-10|agency=Ist|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the previous one being the VS Khandekar Award for ''Rita Welinkar'')<ref name="LivemintQuiet19" />
* [[Sangeet Natak Akademi Award]] 2015 (for her overall contribution/scholarship for performing arts)<ref>
{{Cite web
|url = https://scroll.in/latest/807136/sangeet-natak-akademi-announces-winners-of-its-2015-awards
|title = Brij Narayan, Mandakini Trivedi among winners of Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards 2015
|website = Scroll.in
|date = 24 April 2016
|language = en-US
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181209212908/https://scroll.in/latest/807136/sangeet-natak-akademi-announces-winners-of-its-2015-awards
|archive-date = 9 December 2018
|url-status = live
|access-date = 2018-12-09
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
* Ooty Literary Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (2018)<ref name="ScrollOotyLitFest2018">{{Cite web
|url = https://scroll.in/article/894819/truth-tellers-are-arrested-imprisoned-writer-shanta-gokhale-on-fear-censorship-in-todays-india
|title = India has become 'a republic of fear for thinkers and writers': Critic and novelist Shanta Gokhale
|last = Gokhale
|first = Shanta
|date = Sep 19, 2018
|website = Scroll.in
|language = en-US
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063300/https://scroll.in/article/894819/truth-tellers-are-arrested-imprisoned-writer-shanta-gokhale-on-fear-censorship-in-todays-india
|archive-date = 10 December 2018
|url-status = live
|access-date = 2018-12-09
|df = dmy-all
}}</ref>
* Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/942882/writer-and-translator-shanta-gokhale-to-receive-tata-literature-live-lifetime-achievement-award|title=Writer and translator Shanta Gokhale to receive Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Achievement Award|date=2019-11-06|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-07}}</ref>
* [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] 2021 for her translation ''Smritichitre :The Memoirs of a Spirited Wife'' originally written in Marathi by [[Lakshmibai Tilak]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/Pressrelease_TP-2021.pdf|title=Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation 2021|website=www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in|access-date=2022-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Shankta Gokhale wins Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation 2021 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/features/shankta-gokhale-wins-sahitya-akademi-award-for-translation-2021/articleshow/92548517.cms#:~:text=Renowned%20writer-translator-critic%20Shanta%20Go |newspaper=The Times of India | date=29 June 2022 |access-date=5 July 2022}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}

==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |url=http://scmsophia.com/docs/scmsophia-lives-of-the-women-vol1.pdf |title=Lives of the Women |publisher=Sophia Institute of Social Communications Media |location=Mumbai |pages=1–38 |access-date=9 December 2018 |archive-date=28 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728211046/http://scmsophia.com/docs/scmsophia-lives-of-the-women-vol1.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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