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'''Kusumavati Deshpande''' ([[Devanagari]]: कुसुमावती देशपांडे) (1904–1961) was a [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]].<br />
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She was born on 10 November 1904 in [[Amravati]], Maharashtra, her maiden having been Kusum Jaywant. Her father was a lawyer.<br />
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After finishing her high school education at Huzurpaga (HHCP) girls' school in [[Pune]] in 1921, she studied for four years in [[Fergusson College]], also in Pune, before moving to [[Nagpur]] and receiving her B.A. degree from [[Nagpur University]] in 1926. She went to the [[UK]] to receive in 1929 a B.A. in English literature from [[Westfield College]] in [[London]]. The same year she married [[Atmaram Ravaji Deshpande]] alias ''[[Kavi Anil]]'' and took the name Kusumavati Deshpande.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kusumanil.com/ |title=Kusum Anil Website |accessdate=29 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513103321/http://kusumanil.com/ |archive-date=13 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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For over 25 years since 1931, Deshpande taught English literature at [[Nagpur University]]. She also served as the Chief Producer, Women and Children's Programmes at [[All India Radio]], and as the Convenor of the Advisory Board for the [[Sahitya Akademi]] on Marathi literature.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=Rajadhyaksha|first=M. V.|date=1962-01-01|title=Shrimati Kusumavati Deshpande: An Obituary|jstor=23328560|journal=Indian Literature|volume=5|issue=1|pages=22–24}}</ref><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
Deshpande's critical essays on Marathi literature were published in two volumes as ''Marathi Kadambariche Pahile Shatak'' (मराठी कादंबरीचे पहिले शतक) in 1954 by the [[Sahitya Akademi]].<br />
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Four collections of her short essays and short stories have been published:<br />
* ''Deepakali'' (दीपकळी) (1934)<ref name=":0" /><br />
* ''Deepadan'' (दीपदान) (1940)<ref name=":0" /><br />
* ''Moli'' (मोळी) (1945) <ref name=":0" /><br />
* ''Pasang'' (पासंग) (1954)<ref name=":0" /><br />
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A collection of letters between Deshpande and her husband have been published under the title ''Kusumanil'' (कुसुमानिल).<br />
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Deshpande presided over [[Marathi Sahitya Sammelan]] in [[Gwalior]] in 1961. (Her husband had presided over the event in 1958.) She was the first female president of the annual Sammelan since its inception in 1878. (Following her, there have been three more female presidents until now.){{Citation needed|date=March 2017}}<br />
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