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'''Kamal Desai''' (10 November 1928&ndash;17 June 2011) was an [[India]]n novelist writing in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref name=women/>
'''Kamal Desai''' (10 November 1928&ndash;17 June 2011) was an [[India]]n novelist writing in [[Marathi language|Marathi]].<ref name=women/>


She was born in Yamkan Mardi in the [[Belgaum district]]. She studied in [[Belgaum]],<ref name=women/> going on to complete a master's degree in Marathi at [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]].<ref name=miller>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-TMhtk5AUYC&pg=PA81 |title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing |pages=81–82 |last=Miller |first=Jane Eldridge |year=2001 |isbn=0415159806}}</ref> She lectured on Marathi at several universities in [[Maharashtra]]. Desai began writing in 1955. She later retired, moving to a small flat in [[Pune]].<ref name=women>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA265 |title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century |pages=265–67 |last=Tharu |first=Susie J |author2=Lalita, Ke |year=1993 |isbn=1558610294}}</ref>
She was born in Yamkan Mardi in the [[Belgaum district]]. She studied in [[Belgaum]],<ref name=women/> going on to complete a master's degree in Marathi at [[University of Mumbai|Bombay University]].<ref name=miller>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-TMhtk5AUYC&pg=PA81 |title=Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing |pages=81–82 |last=Miller |first=Jane Eldridge |year=2001 |isbn=0415159806}}</ref> Desai began writing in 1955 and retired to [[Pune]].<ref name=women>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OjZYf9Xf9bcC&pg=PA265 |title=Women Writing in India: The twentieth century |pages=265–67 |last=Tharu |first=Susie J |author2=Lalita, Ke |year=1993 |isbn=1558610294}}</ref>


She is perhaps best known for her 1975 novel ''Hat Ghalnari Bai'' (Woman Wearing a Hat).<ref name=women/>
She is best known for her 1975 novel ''Hat Ghalnari Bai'' (Woman Wearing a Hat).<ref name=women/>


== Selected works<ref name=women/> ==
== Selected works<ref name=women/> ==
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Kamal Desai
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Kamal Desai (10 November 1928–17 June 2011) was an Indian novelist writing in Marathi.[1]

She was born in Yamkan Mardi in the Belgaum district. She studied in Belgaum,[1] going on to complete a master's degree in Marathi at Bombay University.[2] Desai began writing in 1955 and retired to Pune.[1]

She is best known for her 1975 novel Hat Ghalnari Bai (Woman Wearing a Hat).[1]

Selected works[1][edit | edit source]

  • Rang (Colours), stories (1962)
  • Ratrandin Amha Yuddhacha Prasang (We confront the war day and night), novel (1963)
  • Kala Surya (Dark sun), novel (1972)
  • Rang-2, stories (1998)[2]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Tharu, Susie J; Lalita, Ke (1993). Women Writing in India: The twentieth century. pp. 265–67. ISBN 1558610294.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0415159806.