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{{Short description|Marathi writer (1942–2003)}}
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| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| nationality = Indian
| education = M.A., PhD
| education = M.A., PhD
| occupation = Writer, Poet
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===Professional life===
===Professional life===
Deshpande taught at the Department of English at [[Fergusson College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fergusson.edu/departments/department/id/10|title=Fergusson College, Pune|website=fergusson.edu|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref> and later as a professor at the department of English at the then [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|University of Pune]].
Deshpande taught at the Department of English at [[Fergusson College]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fergusson.edu/departments/department/id/10|title=Fergusson College, Pune|website=fergusson.edu|access-date=2018-02-28|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227213927/http://fergusson.edu/departments/department/id/10|url-status=dead}}</ref> and later as a professor at the department of English at the then [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|University of Pune]].


===Death===
===Death===
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===Marathi works===
===Marathi works===
* ''Paus Ala Motha'' (1973)<ref name="pune_mirror_1">{{Cite news|url=http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi-reviews/film-aamhi-doghi/articleshow/63035444.cms|title=FILM: AAMHI DOGHI - Pune Mirror -|work=Pune Mirror|access-date=2018-02-27}}</ref>
* ''Paus Ala Motha'' (1973)<ref name="pune_mirror_1">{{Cite news|url=http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi-reviews/film-aamhi-doghi/articleshow/63035444.cms|title=FILM: AAMHI DOGHI - Pune Mirror -|work=Pune Mirror|access-date=2018-02-27|archive-date=27 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227214012/http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi-reviews/film-aamhi-doghi/articleshow/63035444.cms|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* ''Ekek Pan Galawaya'' (1985) (fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/ekeka-pana-galavaya/oclc/36439235|title=Ekeka pāna gaḷāvayā|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1985|publisher=Mauja|location=Mumbaī|oclc=36439235}}</ref>  
* ''Ekek Pan Galawaya'' (1985) (fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Ekeka pāna gaḷāvayā|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1985|publisher=Mauja|location=Mumbaī|oclc=36439235}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-8174868510}}
** translated to Gujarati as ''Ekek aa khare pandadun'' in 1989 by Jayantilal Mehta<ref name="Ekek aa khare pandadun">{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/ekek-aa-khare-pandadun/oclc/59049836|title=Ekek aa khare pandadun|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|last2=Mehta|first2=Jayantilal Manilal|date=1989|publisher=Navbharat|location=Bombay|oclc=59049836|language=Gujarati}}</ref>  
** translated to Gujarati as ''Ekek aa khare pandadun'' in 1989 by Jayantilal Mehta<ref name="Ekek aa khare pandadun">{{Cite book|title=Ekek aa khare pandadun|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|last2=Mehta|first2=Jayantilal Manilal|date=1989|publisher=Navbharat|location=Bombay|oclc=59049836|language=Gujarati}}</ref>  
* ''Teruo Te Ani Kahi Door Paryant'' (1985) (fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/teruo-ani-kahee-duraparyant/oclc/62964003|title=Teruo ani kahee duraparyant.|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1985|publisher=Mauj Prakashan|location=Bombay|oclc=62964003|language=Marathi}}</ref>
* ''Teruo Te Ani Kahi Door Paryant'' (1985) (fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Teruo ani kahee duraparyant.|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1985|publisher=Mauj Prakashan|location=Bombay|oclc=62964003|language=Marathi}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-8174868664}}
* '' Ahe He Ase Ahe'' (1986)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/17185690.html|title=Āhe he asã āhe|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1986|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī}}</ref>
* '' Ahe He Ase Ahe'' (1986)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/17185690.html|title=Āhe he asã āhe|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1986|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī}}</ref> {{ASIN|B07H57L8RR}}
* ''Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga'' (1987)(fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/niragathi-ani-candrike-ga-sarike-ga/oclc/729686769|title=Niragāṭhī āṇi Candrike ga, sārike ga|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=2008|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī|oclc=729686769}}</ref>
* ''Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga'' (1987) (fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Niragāṭhī āṇi Candrike ga, sārike ga|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=2008|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī|oclc=729686769}}</ref> {{ASIN|B07NVXCTS6}}
* ''Dustar Ha Ghat Ani Thang'' (1989)(Marathi fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/dustara-ha-ghata-ani-thanga/oclc/35114857|title="Dustara hā ghāṭa": āṇi, "Thāṅga"|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|date=1989|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī|oclc=35114857}}</ref>
* ''Dustar Ha Ghat Ani Thang'' (1989)(Marathi fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|title="Dustara hā ghāṭa": āṇi, "Thāṅga"|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|date=1989|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī|oclc=35114857}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-8174867681}}
* ''Mukkam'' (1992)(fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdE1AAAAMAAJ|title=Mukkāma|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1992|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī|language=Marathi}}</ref>
* ''Mukkam'' (1992) (fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WdE1AAAAMAAJ|title=Mukkāma|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1992|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī|language=Marathi}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-8174867445}}
* ''Vinchurniche Dhade'' (1996)(fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/vincurnice-dhade/oclc/39323058|title=Viñcurṇīce dhaḍe|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1996|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī|oclc=39323058}}</ref>
* ''Vinchurniche Dhade'' (1996)(fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Viñcurṇīce dhaḍe|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1996|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|location=Mumbaī|oclc=39323058}}</ref> {{ASIN|B00P97H35O}}
* ''Goph'' (1999)(fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/gopha/oclc/42717293|title=Gopha|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1999|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|isbn=8174861106|location=Mumbaī|oclc=42717293}}</ref>
* ''Goph'' (1999) (fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Gopha|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1999|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|isbn=8174861106|location=Mumbaī|oclc=42717293}}</ref> {{ISBN|978-8174867605}}
* ''Utkhanan'' (2002)(fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/utkhanana/oclc/51587072|title=Utkhanana|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=2002|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|isbn=8174862838|location=Mumbaī|oclc=51587072}}</ref>
* ''Utkhanan'' (2002) (fiction)<ref>{{Cite book|title=Utkhanana|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=2002|publisher=Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha|isbn=8174862838|location=Mumbaī|oclc=51587072}}</ref> {{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|date=February 2018}}
* ''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|date=February 2018}}


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* "Between Births" (1968)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/84341.html|title=Between births.|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1968|publisher=Writers Workshop|location=Calcutta|language=English}}</ref>
* "Between Births" (1968)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/84341.html|title=Between births.|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1968|publisher=Writers Workshop|location=Calcutta|language=English}}</ref>
* ''Lost love'' (1970)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2inoU3Q_kMC|title=Lost love.|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1970|publisher=Writers Workshop|location=Calcutta|isbn=9780892536856|language=English}}</ref>
* ''Lost love'' (1970)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r2inoU3Q_kMC|title=Lost love.|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1970|publisher=Writers Workshop|location=Calcutta|isbn=9780892536856|language=English}}</ref>
* ''The Murder'' (Article)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1972|title=THE MURDER|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/the-murder/oclc/6015561406|journal=Mahfil Mahfil|language=English|volume=8|issue=4|pages=71–72|oclc=6015561406|issn=0025-0503}}</ref>
* ''The Murder'' (Article)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1972|title=THE MURDER|journal=Mahfil Mahfil|language=English|volume=8|issue=4|pages=71–72|oclc=6015561406|issn=0025-0503}}</ref>
* ''Beyond the Slaughterhouse'' (1972)(poems)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v41XAAAAMAAJ|title=Beyond the slaughter house poems.|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1972|publisher=Pritish Nandy on behalf of Dialogue Publications|location=Calcutta|language=English}}</ref>
* ''Beyond the Slaughterhouse'' (1972) (poems)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v41XAAAAMAAJ|title=Beyond the slaughter house poems.|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1972|publisher=Pritish Nandy on behalf of Dialogue Publications|location=Calcutta|language=English}}</ref>
* ''The position of women in India'' (1973)(Pamphlet)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/position-of-women-in-india/oclc/914600048|title=The position of women in India|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1973|location=Bombay|oclc=914600048|language=English}}</ref>
* ''The position of women in India'' (1973) (Pamphlet)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The position of women in India|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1973|location=Bombay|oclc=914600048|language=English}}</ref>
* ''An anthology of Indo-English poetry'' (1974)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/anthology-of-indo-english-poetry/oclc/637939817|title=An anthology of Indo-English poetry|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1974|publisher=Hind Pocket Books|location=Delhi|oclc=637939817|language=English}}</ref>
* ''An anthology of Indo-English poetry'' (1974)<ref>{{Cite book|title=An anthology of Indo-English poetry|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1974|publisher=Hind Pocket Books|location=Delhi|oclc=637939817|language=English}}</ref>
* ''Small is beautiful'' (Article)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1980|title=SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/small-is-beautiful/oclc/6015286381|journal=Indilite Indian Literature|language=English|volume=23|issue=1–2|pages=183–185|oclc=6015286381|issn=0019-5804}}</ref>
* ''Small is beautiful'' (Article)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1980|title=SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL|journal=Indilite Indian Literature|language=English|volume=23|issue=1–2|pages=183–185|oclc=6015286381|issn=0019-5804}}</ref>
* ''That's the way it is'' (1982)(Article published in ''Journal of South Asian literature'')<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|last2=Engblom|first2=Philip|last3=Bhagwat|first3=Vidyut|last4=Junghare|first4=Indira|date=1982|title=THAT'S THE WAY IT IS|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/thats-the-way-it-is/oclc/6015562736|journal=Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature|language=English|volume=17|issue=1|pages=75–78|oclc=6015562736|issn=0091-5637}}</ref>  
* ''That's the way it is'' (1982)(Article published in ''Journal of South Asian literature'')<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|last2=Engblom|first2=Philip|last3=Bhagwat|first3=Vidyut|last4=Junghare|first4=Indira|date=1982|title=THAT'S THE WAY IT IS|journal=Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature|language=English|volume=17|issue=1|pages=75–78|oclc=6015562736|issn=0091-5637}}</ref> {{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]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/getting-it-rite/15837174|title=Getting it Rite|date=2014-12-12|work=mid-day|access-date=2018-02-27|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/collected-plays-of-satish-alekar-9780198069881|title=Collected Plays of Satish Alekar: The Dread Departure, Deluge, The Terrorist, Dynasts, Begum Barve, Mickey and the Memsahib|date=2011-03-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198069881|location=Oxford, New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/dread-departure-mahanirvan/oclc/20894727|title=The dread departure = Mahanirvan|last1=Āḷekara|first1=Satīśa|last2=Deshpande|first2=Gauri|date=1989|publisher=Seagull Books|isbn=817046059X|location=Calcutta|oclc = 20894727|language=English}}</ref>
* ''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]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mid-day.com/articles/getting-it-rite/15837174|title=Getting it Rite|date=2014-12-12|work=mid-day|access-date=2018-02-27|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/collected-plays-of-satish-alekar-9780198069881|title=Collected Plays of Satish Alekar: The Dread Departure, Deluge, The Terrorist, Dynasts, Begum Barve, Mickey and the Memsahib|date=2011-03-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198069881|location=Oxford, New York}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The dread departure = Mahanirvan|last1=Āḷekara|first1=Satīśa|last2=Deshpande|first2=Gauri|date=1989|publisher=Seagull Books|isbn=817046059X|location=Calcutta|oclc = 20894727|language=English}}</ref>
* ''Right on, Sister!'' (1995)(Article co-authored with Vidyut Aklujkar published in ''Journal of South Asian literature'')<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|last2=Aklujkar|first2=Vidyut|date=1995|title=RIGHT ON, SISTER!|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/right-on-sister/oclc/6015360226|journal=Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature|language=English|volume=30|issue=1–2|pages=17–22|oclc=6015360226|issn=0091-5637}}</ref>
* ''Right on, Sister!'' (1995) (Article co-authored with Vidyut Aklujkar published in ''Journal of South Asian literature'')<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|last2=Aklujkar|first2=Vidyut|date=1995|title=RIGHT ON, SISTER!|journal=Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature|language=English|volume=30|issue=1–2|pages=17–22|oclc=6015360226|issn=0091-5637}}</ref>
*''--and Pine for What Is Not'' (1995)(translation of  [[Sunita Deshpande]]'s ''Ahe Manohar Tari...''){{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
*''--and Pine for What Is Not'' (1995) (translation of  [[Sunita Deshpande]]'s ''Ahe Manohar Tari...''){{citation needed|date=February 2018}} {{ISBN|9780863115790}}
*''The Lackadaisical Sweeper'' (1997) (short story collection)<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/lackadaisical-sweeper-short-stories/oclc/632483395|title=The lackadaisical sweeper: short stories|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1997|publisher=Manas|isbn=8186852042|location=Chennai|oclc=632483395|language=English}}</ref>
*''The Lackadaisical Sweeper'' (1997) (short story collection)<ref>{{Cite book|title=The lackadaisical sweeper: short stories|last=Deshpande|first=Gauri|date=1997|publisher=Manas|isbn=8186852042|location=Chennai|oclc=632483395|language=English}}</ref> {{ISBN|9788186852040}}
*
* ''Diary of a decade of agony'' (translation of Avinash Dharmadhikari's ''Aswastha dashakachi diary''){{citation needed|date=February 2018}} {{ISBN|9780863116285}}
* ''Diary of a decade of agony'' (translation of Avinash Dharmadhikari's ''Aswastha dashakachi diary''){{citation needed|date=February 2018}}
* ''The female of the Species'' (a short poem)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/807763/on-mothers-day-a-warm-moving-book-that-happens-to-be-about-mothers-and-daughters|title=On Mother's Day, a warm, moving book that happens to be about mothers and daughters|last=Roy|first=Devapriya|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-02-27|language=en-US}}</ref> {{ISBN|9780062320896}}
* ''The female of the Species'' (a short poem)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/807763/on-mothers-day-a-warm-moving-book-that-happens-to-be-about-mothers-and-daughters|title=On Mother's Day, a warm, moving book that happens to be about mothers and daughters|last=Roy|first=Devapriya|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-02-27|language=en-US}}</ref>


== Influence ==
== Influence ==


* In 1989, her book ''Ekek Pan Galawaya'' was translated to Gujarati as ''Ekek aa khare pandadun'' by Jayantilal Mehta<ref name="Ekek aa khare pandadun"/>  
* In 1989, her book ''Ekek Pan Galawaya'' was translated to Gujarati as ''Ekek aa khare pandadun'' by Jayantilal Mehta<ref name="Ekek aa khare pandadun"/>  
* In 2010, her book ''Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga'' was translated to English as ''Deliverance: a Novella'' by Shashi Deshpande<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/deliverance-a-novella/oclc/740756032|title=Deliverance: a novella|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|last2=Deshpande|first2=Shashi|last3=Deshpande|first3=Shashi|last4=Deshpande|first4=Shashi|date=2010|publisher=Women Unlimited|isbn=978-8188965632|location=New Delhi|oclc=740756032|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/All-in-the-family/article14935586.ece|title=All in the family|last=Kulkarni|first=Reshma|date=2011-03-05|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-05|title=Relentlessly honest|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/143352/relentlessly-honest.html|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2010, her book ''Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga'' was translated to English as ''Deliverance: a Novella'' by Shashi Deshpande<ref>{{Cite book|title=Deliverance: a novella|last1=Deshpande|first1=Gauri|last2=Deshpande|first2=Shashi|last3=Deshpande|first3=Shashi|last4=Deshpande|first4=Shashi|date=2010|publisher=Women Unlimited|isbn=978-8188965632|location=New Delhi|oclc=740756032|language=English}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/books/All-in-the-family/article14935586.ece|title=All in the family|last=Kulkarni|first=Reshma|date=2011-03-05|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-02-28|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-03-05|title=Relentlessly honest|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/143352/relentlessly-honest.html|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>
* In 2018, her book ''Paus Ala Motha'' was adapted into the Marathi film ''[[Aamhi Doghi]]''.<ref name="pune_mirror_1" />
* In 2018, her book ''Paus Ala Motha'' was adapted into the Marathi film ''[[Aamhi Doghi]]''.<ref name="pune_mirror_1" />


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Dr.

Gauri Deshpande
Born(1942-02-11)11 February 1942
Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died1 March 2003(2003-03-01) (aged 60)
Pune, Maharashtra, India
EducationM.A., PhD
OccupationWriter, 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Deshpande wrote in Marathi and English. Her works include fiction, non-fiction, short stories, articles and translations.

Marathi works[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  • "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[edit | edit source]

  • 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[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "'I could write only after mother died' | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "A Bruising Pursuit Of Love". outlookindia.com. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Fergusson College, Pune". fergusson.edu. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "FILM: AAMHI DOGHI - Pune Mirror -". Pune Mirror. Archived from the original on 27 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1985). Ekeka pāna gaḷāvayā. Mumbaī: Mauja. OCLC 36439235.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Deshpande, Gauri; Mehta, Jayantilal Manilal (1989). Ekek aa khare pandadun (in Gujarati). Bombay: Navbharat. OCLC 59049836.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  7. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1985). Teruo ani kahee duraparyant (in Marathi). Bombay: Mauj Prakashan. OCLC 62964003.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  8. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1986). Āhe he asã āhe. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha.
  9. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (2008). Niragāṭhī āṇi Candrike ga, sārike ga. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. OCLC 729686769.
  10. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1989). "Dustara hā ghāṭa": āṇi, "Thāṅga". Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. OCLC 35114857.
  11. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1992). Mukkāma (in Marathi). Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  12. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1996). Viñcurṇīce dhaḍe. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. OCLC 39323058.
  13. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1999). Gopha. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. ISBN 8174861106. OCLC 42717293.
  14. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (2002). Utkhanana. Mumbaī: Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. ISBN 8174862838. OCLC 51587072.
  15. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1968). Between births. Calcutta: Writers Workshop.
  16. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1970). Lost love. Calcutta: Writers Workshop. ISBN 9780892536856.
  17. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1972). "THE MURDER". Mahfil Mahfil. 8 (4): 71–72. ISSN 0025-0503. OCLC 6015561406.
  18. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1972). Beyond the slaughter house poems. Calcutta: Pritish Nandy on behalf of Dialogue Publications.
  19. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1973). The position of women in India. Bombay. OCLC 914600048.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  20. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1974). An anthology of Indo-English poetry. Delhi: Hind Pocket Books. OCLC 637939817.
  21. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1980). "SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL". Indilite Indian Literature. 23 (1–2): 183–185. ISSN 0019-5804. OCLC 6015286381.
  22. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri; Engblom, Philip; Bhagwat, Vidyut; Junghare, Indira (1982). "THAT'S THE WAY IT IS". Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature. 17 (1): 75–78. ISSN 0091-5637. OCLC 6015562736.
  23. ↑ "Getting it Rite". mid-day. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  24. ↑ Collected Plays of Satish Alekar: The Dread Departure, Deluge, The Terrorist, Dynasts, Begum Barve, Mickey and the Memsahib. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 1 March 2011. ISBN 9780198069881.
  25. ↑ Āḷekara, Satīśa; Deshpande, Gauri (1989). The dread departure = Mahanirvan. Calcutta: Seagull Books. ISBN 817046059X. OCLC 20894727.
  26. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri; Aklujkar, Vidyut (1995). "RIGHT ON, SISTER!". Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature. 30 (1–2): 17–22. ISSN 0091-5637. OCLC 6015360226.
  27. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri (1997). The lackadaisical sweeper: short stories. Chennai: Manas. ISBN 8186852042. OCLC 632483395.
  28. ↑ Roy, Devapriya. "On Mother's Day, a warm, moving book that happens to be about mothers and daughters". Scroll.in. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  29. ↑ Deshpande, Gauri; Deshpande, Shashi; Deshpande, Shashi; Deshpande, Shashi (2010). Deliverance: a novella. New Delhi: Women Unlimited. ISBN 978-8188965632. OCLC 740756032.
  30. ↑ Kulkarni, Reshma (5 March 2011). "All in the family". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  31. ↑ "Relentlessly honest". Deccan Herald. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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