Indira Sant
Indira Sant (Marathi: इंदिरा संत; 4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a Marathi poet from Maharashtra, India.
Life
Indira Sant was born on 4 January 1914 as Indira Dikshit in the small town Tavandi of Belgaum District, India, Karnataka.
Indira studied at Rajaram College[1] in Kolhapur, and Fergusson College in Pune where she met her future husband Narayan Sant. In 1940, four years after their marriage, the two published a joint collection of their poems titled Sahawas (सहवास). Indira's husband, Narayan Sant, died in 1946. The pain of loss of her husband found its expression in some of her poems. The principal theme of most of her poetry is love and longing. The love of nature is also evident in her poems. Her poetry further pertains to different dimensions of a woman's life.
Indira Sant wrote 25 books. She worked first as a professor and then as the principal in a teacher's training college in Belgaum.
Semi-autobiographical articles by Sant were published in 1986 in a book titled Mrudgandha (मृद्गंध). The book Phulwel (फुलवेल) contains a collection of her essays.
Ramesh Tendulkar published in 1982 a compilation titled Mrunmayi (मृण्मयी) of Sant's selected poetry.
Her poems have been translated into English as "Snake-skin and other poems of Indira Sant" (1975).
Major works
- Poems
- Shele (शेले) (1951)
- Mendi (मेंदी) (1955)
- Mrugajal (मृगजळ) (1957)
- Ranga Bawari (रंगबावरी) (1964)
- Bahulya (बाहुल्या) (1972)
- Garbhareshim (गर्भरेशीम) (1982)
- Malan Gatha (मालन गाथा)
- Wamsh Kusum (वंशकुसुम)
- Marawa (मरवा)
- Nirakar (निराकार)
- Ghungurwala (घुंघुरवाळा)
Awards
Besides receiving in 1984 the Sahitya Akademi Award for her collection of poems Garbhareshami (गर्भरेशमी), Sant received for her poetry:
- Anant Kandekar Award
- Sahitya Kala Academy Award
- Maharashtra State Award
- Janasthan Award
References
- Rajaram College: Department of Marathi Archived 2011-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
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