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'''Sunita Deshpande''' (Born: Sunita Thakur, 3 July 1926 &ndash; 7 November 2009) was a [[Marathi language|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. She was fondly called "Sunitabai".<ref name="toi1">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Author-Deshpande-passes-away-at-83/articleshow/5207987.cms|title=Author Deshpande passes away at 83 - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-11-01}}</ref>
'''Sunita Deshpande''' ({{née}} '''Thakur'''; 3 July 1926 – 7 November 2009) was an Indian writer. She was fondly called "Sunitabai".<ref name="toi1">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/Author-Deshpande-passes-away-at-83/articleshow/5207987.cms|title=Author Deshpande passes away at 83 – Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=1 November 2017}}</ref>


==Personal life==
== Career ==
{{Main|Purushottam Laxman Deshpande}}
Deshpande began writing late in her life. She published her memoir ''Aahe Manohar Tari'' (आहे मनोहर तरी)<ref name="Unnithan 2019">{{cite news |last1=Unnithan |first1=Vidya |title=Actor Sagar Deshmukh speaks on playing Pu La Deshpande on screen |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/playing-pu-la/articleshow/67507665.cms |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=Mumbai Mirror |date=13 January 2019}}</ref> in 1990. The book has been translated into [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
In 1945, she met [[Pu La Deshpande]] and they were married on 12 June 1946.
("''Manohar chhe pan''" by Suresh Dalal, SNDT, Mumbai 1992), [[Hindi]] ("''Hai Sabse madhur phir bhi''" by Rekha Deshpande, Orient Longman 1996), [[Kannada]] ("''Balu Sogasadaru''", by Uma Kulkarni, Mahila Sahitya, Hubli) and English ("''..And Pine For What Is Not''", by [[Gauri Deshpande]], Orient Longman, 1995).


==Professional life==
She was also a prolific correspondent. Her book "प्रिय जी.ए." (translation: ''Dear G.A.''), a collection of correspondence with [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer [[G. A. Kulkarni]], won her the first "G A Kulkarni Award" for remarkable literary contributions and influence in 2008.<ref name="toi1" />
Deshpande began writing late in life. She wrote her award-winning memoir "Aahe Manohar Tari..." (आहे मनोहर तरी...) in 1990. The book has been translated into [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]
 
("''Manohar chhe pan''" by Suresh Dalal, SNDT, Mumbai 1992), [[Hindi]] ("''Hai Sabse madhur phir bhi''" by Rekha Deshpande, Orient Longman 1996), [[Kannada]] ("''Balu Sogasadaru''", by Uma Kulkarni, Mahila Sahitya, Hubli) and English ("''..And Pine For What Is Not''", by [[Gauri Deshpande]], Orient Longman, 1995).
She acted in Marathi movies, including  "''[[Vande Maataram]]''",<ref>{{cite news |title=PL Deshpande's nephew donates rare footage of Marathi film Vande Mataram to film archives |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/pl-deshpande-s-nephew-donates-rare-footage-of-marathi-film-vande-mataram-to-film-archives/story-uHqR4T3BN4G5eXBRtDrPSN.html |access-date=11 July 2021 |work=Hindustan Times |agency=IANS |date=9 July 2019}}</ref> "''Navra Bayko''", and plays such as "''Sunder mee honaar''", "''Raajemaster''", and "''Rajamaataa Jijaabai''" (a solo show)<ref name="toi1" />


She acted in Marathi movies like "''[[Vande Maataram]]''", "''Navra Bayko''", and plays like "''Sunder mee honaar''", "''Raajemaster''", and "''Rajamaataa Jijaabai''" (a solo show)<ref name="toi1" /> Her book "प्रिय जी.ए." (translation: ''Dear G.A.''), a collection of letters written to her pen-pal, writer [[G. A. Kulkarni]], won her the first "G A Kulkarni Award" for literary contribution in 2008.<ref name="toi1" />
== Personal life ==
In 1945, she met [[Purushottam Laxman Deshpande|Pu La Deshpande]] and they were married the next year on 12 June 1946.


==Death==
== Death ==
Deshpande died in [[Pune]] on 7 November 2009 at 83,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5207970.cms|title=Maharashtra Times|language=Marathi|accessdate=2009-11-09|work=The Times Of India}}</ref> a day before her husband's 90th birth anniversary.
She died in [[Pune]] on 7 November 2009 due to age. She was 83 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/5207970.cms|title=Maharashtra Times|language=Marathi|accessdate=9 November 2009|work=The Times Of India}}</ref> Her death occurred a day before her husband's 90th birth anniversary.


==Literary work==
== Selected works ==
A partial list of Sunita Deshpande's books:
* आहे मनोहर तरी... (Ahe Manohar Tari...) (Mauj Pub., Mumbai 1990)
* आहे मनोहर तरी... (Ahe Manohar Tari...) (Mauj Pub., Mumbai 1990)
* प्रिय जी.ए. (Priya G. A. : Collection of letters written  in Marathi to writer [[G. A. Kulkarni]])(Mauj Pub., Mumbai 2003)
* प्रिय जी.ए. (Priya G. A. : Collection of letters written  in Marathi to writer [[G. A. Kulkarni]])(Mauj Pub., Mumbai 2003)
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* समांतर जीवन ("Sammantar Jeevan") (Sun Pub., 1992)
* समांतर जीवन ("Sammantar Jeevan") (Sun Pub., 1992)


==References==
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