Gauri Deshpande Explained

Honorific-Prefix:	Dr.
Gauri Deshpande
Birth Date:	1942 2, df=yes
Birth Place:	Pune, Bombay Presidency, British India
Death Place:	Pune, Maharashtra, India
Nationality:	Indian
Education:	M.A., PhD
Occupation:	Writer, Poet

Gauri Deshpande (11 February 1942 – 1 March 2003) was a novelist, short story writer, and poet from Maharashtra, India. She wrote in Marathi and English.

Biography

Deshpande was born in Pune to Irawati and Dinkar Dhondo Karve, youngest of three children. She is also the granddaughter of the social reformer Maharshi Dhondo Keshav Karve.

Her daughter Urmila Deshpande is also an author and published the novels Kashmir Blues, A Pack of Lies,^[1] and Equal to Angels; the short story collection, Slither: Carnal Prose, and edited Madhouse: True stories of the Inmates of Hostel 4.

Education

Deshpande finished her high school education at Ahilyadevi School in Pune. She then attended Fergusson College to receive an M.A in English Literature. She eventually received her PhD in English from Pune University.

Professional life

Deshpande taught at the Department of English at Fergusson College^[2] and later as a professor at the department of English at the then University of Pune.

Death

Deshpande died in Pune on 1 March 2003 due to complications arising as a result of alcohol abuse.^[3] She is survived by two daughters from her first husband, one daughter from her second husband, three grandsons and a granddaughter.

Works

Deshpande wrote in Marathi and English. Her works include fiction, non-fiction, short stories, articles and translations.

Marathi works

• Paus Ala Motha (1973)^[4]
• Ekek Pan Galawaya (1985) (fiction)^[5]
  • translated to Gujarati as Ekek aa khare pandadun in 1989 by Jayantilal Mehta^[6]
• Teruo Te Ani Kahi Door Paryant (1985) (fiction)^[7]
• Ahe He Ase Ahe (1986)^[8]
• Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga (1987) (fiction)^[9]
• Dustar Ha Ghat Ani Thang (1989)(Marathi fiction)^[10]
• Mukkam (1992) (fiction)^[11]
• Vinchurniche Dhade (1996)(fiction)^[12]
• Goph (1999) (fiction)^[13]
• Utkhanan (2002) (fiction)^[14]
• 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.

English works

• "Between Births" (1968)^[15]
• Lost love (1970)^[16]
• The Murder (Article)^[17]
• Beyond the Slaughterhouse (1972) (poems)^[18]
• The position of women in India (1973) (Pamphlet)^[19]
• An anthology of Indo-English poetry (1974)^[20]
• Small is beautiful (Article)^[21]
• That's the way it is (1982)(Article published in Journal of South Asian literature)^[22]
• 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^{[23] [24] [25]}
• Right on, Sister! (1995) (Article co-authored with Vidyut Aklujkar published in Journal of South Asian literature)^[26]
• --and Pine for What Is Not (1995) (translation of Sunita Deshpande's Ahe Manohar Tari...)
• The Lackadaisical Sweeper (1997) (short story collection)^[27]
• Diary of a decade of agony (translation of Avinash Dharmadhikari's Aswastha dashakachi diary)
• The female of the Species (a short poem)^[28]

Influence

• In 1989, her book Ekek Pan Galawaya was translated to Gujarati as Ekek aa khare pandadun by Jayantilal Mehta^[6]
• In 2010, her book Niragathi Ani Chandrike Ga Sarike Ga was translated to English as Deliverance: a Novella by Shashi Deshpande^{[29] [30] [31]}
• In 2018, her book Paus Ala Motha was adapted into the Marathi film Aamhi Doghi.

Notes and References

1. News: A Bruising Pursuit Of Love. outlookindia.com. 2018-03-01.
2. Web site: Fergusson College, Pune. fergusson.edu. 2018-02-28.
3. News: 'I could write only after mother died' Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis. 2010-07-25. dna. 2018-02-27. en-US.
4. News: FILM: AAMHI DOGHI - Pune Mirror -. Pune Mirror. 2018-02-27. 27 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180227214012/http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/marathi-reviews/film-aamhi-doghi/articleshow/63035444.cms. dead.
5. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Ekeka pāna gaḷāvayā. 1985. Mauja. Mumbaī. 36439235.
6. Book: Ekek aa khare pandadun. Deshpande. Gauri. Mehta. Jayantilal Manilal. 1989. Navbharat. Bombay. 59049836. Gujarati.
7. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Teruo ani kahee duraparyant.. 1985. Mauj Prakashan. Bombay. 62964003. Marathi.
8. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Āhe he asã āhe. 1986. Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. Mumbaī.
9. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Niragāṭhī āṇi Candrike ga, sārike ga. 2008. Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. Mumbaī. 729686769.
10. Book: "Dustara hā ghāṭa": āṇi, "Thāṅga". Deshpande. Gauri. 1989. Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. Mumbaī. 35114857.
11. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Mukkāma. 1992. Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. Mumbaī. Marathi.
12. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Viñcurṇīce dhaḍe. 1996. Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. Mumbaī. 39323058.
13. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Gopha. 1999. Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. 8174861106. Mumbaī. 42717293.
14. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Utkhanana. 2002. Mauja Prakāśana Gr̥ha. 8174862838. Mumbaī. 51587072.
15. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Between births.. 1968. Writers Workshop. Calcutta. English.
16. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Lost love.. 1970. Writers Workshop. Calcutta. 9780892536856. English.
17. Deshpande. Gauri. 1972. THE MURDER. Mahfil Mahfil. English. 8. 4. 71–72. 6015561406. 0025-0503.
18. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. Beyond the slaughter house poems.. 1972. Pritish Nandy on behalf of Dialogue Publications. Calcutta. English.
19. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. The position of women in India. 1973. Bombay. 914600048. English.
20. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. An anthology of Indo-English poetry. 1974. Hind Pocket Books. Delhi. 637939817. English.
21. Deshpande. Gauri. 1980. SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL. Indilite Indian Literature. English. 23. 1–2. 183–185. 6015286381. 0019-5804.
22. Deshpande. Gauri. Engblom. Philip. Bhagwat. Vidyut. Junghare. Indira. 1982. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature. English. 17. 1. 75–78. 6015562736. 0091-5637.
23. News: Getting it Rite. 2014-12-12. mid-day. 2018-02-27. en.
24. Book: Collected Plays of Satish Alekar: The Dread Departure, Deluge, The Terrorist, Dynasts, Begum Barve, Mickey and the Memsahib. 2011-03-01. Oxford University Press. 9780198069881. Oxford, New York.
25. Book: The dread departure = Mahanirvan. Āḷekara. Satīśa. Deshpande. Gauri. 1989. Seagull Books. 817046059X. Calcutta. 20894727. English.
26. Deshpande. Gauri. Aklujkar. Vidyut. 1995. RIGHT ON, SISTER!. Jsasianlit Journal of South Asian Literature. English. 30. 1–2. 17–22. 6015360226. 0091-5637.
27. Book: Deshpande, Gauri. The lackadaisical sweeper: short stories. 1997. Manas. 8186852042. Chennai. 632483395. English.
28. News: On Mother's Day, a warm, moving book that happens to be about mothers and daughters. Roy. Devapriya. Scroll.in. 2018-02-27. en-US.
29. Book: Deliverance: a novella. Deshpande. Gauri. Deshpande. Shashi. Deshpande. Shashi. Deshpande. Shashi. 2010. Women Unlimited. 978-8188965632. New Delhi. 740756032. English.
30. News: All in the family. Kulkarni. Reshma. 2011-03-05. The Hindu. 2018-02-28. en-IN. 0971-751X.
31. Web site: 2011-03-05. Relentlessly honest. 2021-03-04. Deccan Herald. en.