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Indira Sant (4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.

She was a versatile writer, poet and storyteller. To this day, she is well-known for her detail-orientated poetry. The immense love she had for nature helped her artfully portray ideas of love, separation, loneliness, and deep emotions shrouded in vivid imagery and words that capture one’s feelings to the fullest.^[1]

Life[edit | edit source]

Indira studied at Rajaram College^[2] in Kolhapur.

Works[edit | edit source]

Poems

Shele (शेले) (1951)
Mendi (मेंदी) (1955)
Mrugajal (मृगजळ) (1957)
Ranga Bawari (रंगबावरी) (1964)
Bahulya (बाहुल्या) (1972)
Garbhareshim (गर्भरेशीम) (1982)
Malan Gatha (मालन गाथा)
Wamsh Kusum (वंशकुसुम)
Marawa (मारवा)
Nirakar (निराकार)
Ghungurwala (घुंघुरवाळा)
Chitkada (चित्कळा)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ मराठी अक्षरभारती [Marathi Aksharbharti] (PDF) (in Marathi). Pune: Balbharti. 2018. pp. ३३.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ Rajaram College: Department of Marathi Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit | edit source]

http://www.aathavanitli-gani.com/Lists/Lyrics%20Details/Indira%20Sant.htm

[1] मराठी अक्षरभारती [Marathi Aksharbharti] (PDF) (in Marathi). Pune: Balbharti. 2018. pp. ३३.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[2] Rajaram College: Department of Marathi Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine

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-'''Indira Sant''' ({{lang-mr|इंदिरा संत}}; 4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] poet from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].
-==Life==
+'''Indira Sant''' (4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] poet from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].
-Indira Sant was born on 4 January 1914 as Indira Dikshit in the small town Tavandi of Belgaum District, India, [[Karnataka]].{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}
-Indira studied at [[Rajaram College]]<ref>[http://rajacollkop.org/Departments.html Rajaram College: Department of Marathi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101111057/http://rajacollkop.org/Departments.html |date=2011-01-01 }}</ref> in [[Kolhapur]], and [[Fergusson College]] in [[Pune]] where she met her future husband Narayan Sant.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} In 1940, four years after their marriage, the two published a joint collection of their poems titled ''Sahawas'' (सहवास). Indira's husband, Narayan Sant, died in 1946.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} The pain of loss of her husband found its expression in some of her poems. The principal theme of most of her poetry is love and longing.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} The love of nature is also evident in her poems. Her poetry further pertains to different dimensions of a woman's life.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}
+She was a versatile writer, poet and storyteller. To this day, she is well-known for her detail-orientated poetry. The immense love she had for nature helped her artfully portray ideas of love, separation, loneliness, and deep emotions shrouded in vivid imagery and words that capture one’s feelings to the fullest.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://cdn1.byjus.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/AksharBharti-Marathi-10th-English-Medium-.pdf |title=मराठी अक्षरभारती |publisher=[[Balbharti]] |year=2018 |location=Pune |pages=३३ |language=Marathi |trans-title=Marathi Aksharbharti}}</ref>
-Indira Sant wrote 25 books.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} She worked first as a professor and then as the principal in a teacher's training college in [[Belgaum]].{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}
+==Life==
-Semi-autobiographical articles by Sant were published in 1986 in a book titled ''Mrudgandha'' (मृद्गंध). The book ''Phulwel'' (फुलवेल) contains a collection of her essays.
+Indira studied at [[Rajaram College]]<ref>[http://rajacollkop.org/Departments.html Rajaram College: Department of Marathi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101111057/http://rajacollkop.org/Departments.html |date=2011-01-01 }}</ref> in [[Kolhapur]].
-Ramesh Tendulkar published in 1982 a compilation titled ''Mrunmayi'' (मृण्मयी) of Sant's selected poetry.
+==Works==
-Her poems have been translated into English as "Snake-skin and other poems of Indira Sant" (1975).
-==Major works==
 ;Poems
 * ''Shele'' (शेले) (1951)
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 * ''Malan Gatha'' (मालन गाथा)
 * ''Wamsh Kusum'' (वंशकुसुम)
-* ''Marawa'' (मरवा)
+* ''Marawa'' (मारवा)
 * ''Nirakar'' (निराकार)
 * ''Ghungurwala'' (घुंघुरवाळा)
+* Chitkada (चित्कळा)
-==Awards==
-Besides receiving in 1984 the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for her collection of poems ''Garbhareshami'' (गर्भरेशमी), Sant received for her poetry:
-* Anant Kandekar Award
-* Sahitya Kala Academy Award
-* Maharashtra State Award
-* Janasthan Award
 ==References==
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-[[Category:Marathi-language writers]]
 [[Category:Marathi-language poets]]
-[[Category:Indian women poets]]
 [[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi]]
 [[Category:Women writers from Karnataka]]
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 [[Category:People from Belagavi district]]
 [[Category:Poets from Karnataka]]
-[[Category:20th-century Indian women writers]]
+[[Category:20th-century Indian women poets]]