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Shashi Deshpande (born 1938) is an Indian novelist. She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Padma Shri Award in 1990 and 2009 respectively.
Shashi Deshpande is one of the eminent novelists of contemporary Indian literature in English. Western readers align her with Anita Desai. Indeed, both writers' work centres around women's lives in modern Indian society.
Sep 27, 2021 · Shashi Deshpande seems to follow her advice closely and prepare her protagonists to claim their right over their body and sexuality and pave the route to emancipation.
Novelist and short story writer, Shashi Deshpande began her career with short stories and has by now authored nine short story collections, twelve novels and four books for children. Three of her novels have received awards, including the Sahitya Akademi award for `That Long Silence'.
Jul 22, 2001 · hyderabad: i am not a feminist, insists shashi deshpande. "i am a human being and i write about other human beings who happen to be women," she said. shashi, a sahitya academy award winner and author of the binding vine, the dark holds no terror and the long silence among many other novels was in the city on sunday to attend a public meeting on ...
Oct 10, 2015 · Writer Shashi Deshpande Friday resigned from the Sahitya Akademi General Council, saying she is “deeply distressed by the silence of the Akademi on the murder of Professor M M Kalburgi”.
Shashi Deshpande has 39 books on Goodreads with 11948 ratings. Shashi Deshpande’s most popular book is That Long Silence.
DESHPANDE, Shashi. Nationality: Indian. Born: Dharwad, 19 August 1938. Education: The University of Bombay, B.A. (honors) in economics 1956, diploma in journalism 1970, M.A. in English 1970; University of Mysore, Karnataka, B.L. 1959. Family: Married D.H. Deshpande in 1962; two sons.
She is the author of four children’s books and seven previous novels, the best known of which are The Dark Holds No Terror, That Long Silence, which won the Sahitya Akademi award, Small Remedies and Moving On. Shashi Deshpande lives in Bangalore with her pathologist husband.
Shashi Deshpande is the author of eleven novels, a number of short story collections, four books for children and a book of essays. Her best-known novel, That Long Silence, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990, is considered a landmark in Indian writing in English.
