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Shanta Gokhle an alumna of Bristol University, UK, has been a lecturer in English and the Arts Editor of the Times of India, Mumbai. She is a novelist, columnist, playwright, translator, theatre critic and screen-writer. Besides three novels in Marathi, she has authored several books in English on Marathi and Indian theatre. She has won awards for her novels, translations, non-fiction books and screenplays at state and national levels. Her literary work of sixty years has been acknowledged with lifetime achievement awards from some of the country’s literature festivals and theatre organisations. She is the recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for overall contribution to the performing arts and the Sahitya Akademi award for her translation of Laxmibai Tilak’s autobiography.

Shanta Gokhle

Shanta Gokhle an alumna of Bristol University, UK, has been a lecturer in English and the Arts Editor of the…

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