Indira Sant

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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.^{[citation needed]}

Indira studied at Rajaram College^[1] in Kolhapur, and Fergusson College in Pune where she met her future husband Narayan Sant.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} 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.^{[citation needed]} The love of nature is also evident in her poems. Her poetry further pertains to different dimensions of a woman's life.^{[citation needed]}

Indira Sant wrote 25 books.^{[citation needed]} She worked first as a professor and then as the principal in a teacher's training college in Belgaum.^{[citation needed]}

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[]

External links[]

• http://www.aathavanitli-gani.com/Lists/Lyrics%20Details/Indira%20Sant.htm