Indira Sant (4 January 1914 – 13 July 2000) was a
Marathi
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*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
**Marathi people (Uttar Pradesh), the Marathi people in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Mar ...
poet from
Maharashtra
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,
India
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.
She was a versatile writer, poet and storyteller. To this day, she is well-known for her detail-orientated poetry. The immense love she had for nature helped her artfully portray ideas of love, separation, loneliness, and deep emotions shrouded in vivid imagery and words that capture one’s feelings to the fullest.
Life
Indira studied at
Rajaram CollegeRajaram College: Department of Marathi
in Kolhapur
Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Kolhapur is one of the most significant cities in South Maharashtra and has been a hub of historical, religious, and cultural a ...
.
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'' (मारवा)
* ''Nirakar'' (निराकार)
* ''Ghungurwala'' (घुंघुरवाळा)
* Chitkada (चित्कळा)
References
External links
* http://www.aathavanitli-gani.com/Lists/Lyrics%20Details/Indira%20Sant.htm
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1914 births
2000 deaths
Marathi-language poets
Indian women poets
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Marathi
Women writers from Karnataka
20th-century Indian poets
People from Belagavi district
Poets from Karnataka
20th-century Indian women writers