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'''Shirish Pai''' ([[Devanagari]]: शिरीष पै | '''Shirish Pai''' ([[Devanagari]]: शिरीष पै; 15 November 1929<ref name="birth">[http://www.loksatta.com/mumbai-news/marathi-poet-playwriter-journalist-ms-shirish-pai-passes-away-in-mumbai-1543605/ लेखिका आणि सामाजिक कार्यकर्त्या शिरीष पै यांचे निधन] {{in lang|mr}}</ref> – 2 September 2017<ref name="death">[http://www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/marathi-poet-activist-shirish-pai-passes-away/article19609880.ece Marathi poet, activist Shirish Pai passes away]</ref>) was a social worker and a writer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. She had written in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[English language|English]], primarily the former. | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:54, 10 July 2021
Shirish Pai (Devanagari: शिरीष पै; 15 November 1929[1] – 2 September 2017[2]) was a social worker and a writer from Maharashtra, India. She had written in Marathi and English, primarily the former.
Early lifeEdit
Shirish was the elder daughter of Acharya Atre. She had a college degree in Law from Government College of Law, Mumbai.[3]
CareerEdit
She joined her father's newspaper, Maratha, as a journalist.[4] She was deeply influenced by the Soviet thinking and way of life, and toured the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries.[citation needed] Alongside her father, Shirish played a role in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement.[citation needed]
WritingEdit
She wrote several books, including collections of her poems. She introduced the haiku form of poetry to Marathi literature in 1975.[4] She has also translated Japanese haiku into Marathi and English.[5]
In a newspaper interview in June 2011 she revealed that she had started writing and composing poems from the time she was in secondary school and received great encouragement from her father in this regard.[citation needed]
FamilyEdit
Shirish was married to lawyer and journalist Vyankatesh Pai. They have two sons, Rajendra Pai and Vikramaditya Pai who are both lawyers. She resided, and died, in Mumbai.[2]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ लेखिका आणि सामाजिक कार्यकर्त्या शिरीष पै यांचे निधन (in Marathi)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marathi poet, activist Shirish Pai passes away
- ↑ "Marathi poet Shirish Pai passes away". Mumbai Mirror, India Times. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Thiagarajan, A. "Shirish Pai – An Introduction". Boloji. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
- ↑ Ramesh, Kala. "A History of Indian Haiku" (PDF). The Haiku Foundation. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
External linksEdit
The following web page lists Shirish Pai's books:
- Works by or about Shirish Atre-Pai in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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