She credits a letter from Nissim Ezekiel for encouraging her to write in Marathi. She published her first book, Rita Welinkar, in Marathi (and later in English in the year 1995). Gokhale initially published stories, in both English and Marathi, in various publications, and eventually in the 1970s, she started publishing novels. Shanta Gokhale has previously worked as a part-time teacher at Elphinstone College, and as a public relations executive at Glaxo Laboratories.
Subsequently, she joined Xavier's Institute of Communication, Mumbai, where she studied Communications and Video Production. (Hons) degree in English literature from University of Mumbai. Returning to India, at the age of 21, she did her M. (Hons) in English literature at Bristol University. At the age of 15 she left for England where she did her B. She did her schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim.
Her father later joined the Bennett and Coleman Group. She is best known for her works Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi.īorn in Dahanu in Palghar district of Maharashtra, Gokhale's family moved to Shivaji Park neighbourhood in Mumbai in 1941 when her father, GG Gokahle, joined a newspaper, Searchlight.
Shanta Gokhale (born 14 August 1939) is an Indian writer, translator, journalist and theatre critic.
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