Kamal Desai
Kamal Desai (10 November 1928–17 June 2011) was an Indian novelist writing in Marathi.[1]
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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] She lectured on Marathi at several universities in Maharashtra. Desai began writing in 1955. She later retired, moving to a small flat in Pune.[1]
She is perhaps best known for her 1975 novel Hat Ghalnari Bai (Woman Wearing a Hat).[1]
Selected works[1]
- 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
- Tharu, Susie J; Lalita, Ke (1993). Women Writing in India: The twentieth century. pp. 265–67. ISBN 1558610294.
- Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0415159806.
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