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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Marathi writer (1942–2003)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| honorific-prefix = '''[[Doctor of philosophy|Dr.]]'''<br />
| name = Gauri Deshpande<br />
| image = GauriDeshpandePic.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1942|2|11}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Pune]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age |df=yes|2003|3|1|1942|11|2}}<br />
| death_place = [[Pune]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]<br />
| education = M.A., PhD<br />
| occupation = Writer, Poet<br />
| website = <br />
}}<br />
'''Gauri Deshpande''' (11 February 1942 – 1 March 2003) was a novelist, short story writer, and poet from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. She wrote in [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[English language|English]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Deshpande was born in [[Pune]] to [[Irawati Karve|Irawati]] and Dinkar Dhondo Karve, youngest of three children.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} She is also the granddaughter of the social reformer [[Dhondo Keshav Karve|Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve]].<br />
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Her daughter Urmila Deshpande is also an author and published the novels ''Kashmir Blues'',<ref name="dnaindia1" /> ''A Pack of Lies'',<ref name="outlook1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/a-bruising-pursuit-of-love/262541|title=A Bruising Pursuit Of Love|work=outlookindia.com|access-date=2018-03-01}}</ref> and ''Equal to Angels''; the short story collection, ''Slither: Carnal Prose'', and edited ''Madhouse: True stories of the Inmates of Hostel 4''.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}}<br />
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===Education===<br />
Deshpande finished her high school education at Ahilyadevi School in Pune.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} She then attended [[Fergusson College]] to receive an [[Master of Arts|M.A]] in [[English literature|English Literature]]. She eventually received her [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in English from [[Savitribai Phule Pune University|Pune University]].<ref name="dnaindia1" /><br />
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===Professional life===<br />
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]].<br />
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===Death===<br />
Deshpande died in Pune on 1 March 2003 due to complications arising as a result of alcohol abuse.<ref name="dnaindia1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/interview-i-could-write-only-after-mother-died-1414150|title='I could write only after mother died' {{!}} Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis|date=2010-07-25|work=dna|access-date=2018-02-27|language=en-US}}</ref> She is survived by two daughters from her first husband,<ref name="outlook1" /> one daughter from her second husband,<ref name="outlook1" /> three grandsons and a granddaughter.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
Deshpande wrote in Marathi and English. Her works include fiction, non-fiction, short stories, articles and translations.<br />
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===Marathi works===<br />
* ''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><br />
* ''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}}<br />
** 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> <br />
* ''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}}<br />
* '' 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}}<br />
* ''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}}<br />
* ''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}}<br />
* ''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}}<br />
* ''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}}<br />
* ''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}}<br />
* ''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}}<br />
* ''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}}<br />
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===English works===<br />
* "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><br />
* ''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><br />
* ''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><br />
* ''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><br />
* ''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><br />
* ''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><br />
* ''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><br />
* ''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}}<br />
* ''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><br />
* ''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><br />
*''--and Pine for What Is Not'' (1995) (translation of [[Sunita Deshpande]]'s ''Ahe Manohar Tari...''){{citation needed|date=February 2018}} {{ISBN|9780863115790}}<br />
*''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}}<br />
* ''Diary of a decade of agony'' (translation of Avinash Dharmadhikari's ''Aswastha dashakachi diary''){{citation needed|date=February 2018}} {{ISBN|9780863116285}}<br />
* ''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}}<br />
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== Influence ==<br />
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* 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"/> <br />
* 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><br />
* In 2018, her book ''Paus Ala Motha'' was adapted into the Marathi film ''[[Aamhi Doghi]]''.<ref name="pune_mirror_1" /><br />
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