Sunita Deshpande
Sunita Deshpande was an Indian writer. She was fondly called "Sunitabai".
Career
Deshpande began writing late in her life. She published her memoir Aahe Manohar Tari in 1990. The book has been translated into Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada and English.
She was also a prolific correspondent. Her book "प्रिय जी.ए.", a collection of correspondence with Marathi writer G. A. Kulkarni, won her the first "G A Kulkarni Award" for remarkable literary contributions and influence in 2008.
She acted in Marathi movie, "Vande Maataram" based on India's freedom struggle in which she had participated herself, and plays such as "Sunder mee honaar", "Raajemaster", and "Rajamaataa Jijaabai"
Personal life
In 1945, she met Pu La Deshpande and they were married the next year on 12 June 1946. She was a native of Ratnagiri district.Death
She died in Pune on 7 November 2009 due to age. She was 83 years old. Her death occurred a day before her husband's 90th birth anniversary.Selected works
- आहे मनोहर तरी...
- प्रिय जी.ए.
- मण्यांची माळ
- मनातलं अवकाश
- सोयरे सकळ
- समांतर जीवन