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Name
  
Kamal Desai


Role
  
Novelist

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Kamal Desai (1928–2011?) was an Indian novelist writing in Marathi.

She was born in Yamkan Mardi in the Belgaum district. She studied in Belgaum, going on to complete a master's degree in Marathi at Bombay University. She lectured on Marathi at several universities in Maharashtra. Desai began writing in 1955. She later retired, moving to a small flat in Pune.

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

Selected works

  • 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)
  • References

    Kamal Desai Wikipedia