Kamal Desai (10 November 1928–17 June 2011) was an Indian novelist writing in Marathi.[1]

Kamal Desai
BornKamal Desai
10 November 1928
Yamkan Mardi in the Belgaum district
Died17 June 2011

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] Desai began writing in 1955 and retired to Pune.[1]

She is best known for her 1975 novel Hat Ghalnari Bai (Woman Wearing a Hat).[1]

Selected works edit

  • 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 edit

  1. ^ a b c d Tharu, Susie J; Lalita, Ke (1993). Women Writing in India: The twentieth century. pp. 265–67. ISBN 1558610294.
  2. ^ a b Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0415159806.