About Kamal Desai
Lived 1928 – 2011 (aged 82). Kamal Desai was an Indian writer and novelist.
Kamal Desai (10 November 1928 – 17 June 2011) was an Indian novelist writing in Marathi. Desai began writing in 1955 and retired to Pune.
She is best known for her 1975 novel Hat Ghalnari Bai (Woman Wearing a Hat).
Selected works Rang (Colours), stories (1962) Ratrandin Amha Yuddhacha Prasang (We confront the war day and night), novel (1963) Kala Surya (Dark sun), novel (1972) Rang-2, stories (1998)
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Indian novelist
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Kamal Desai was born on 10 November 1928.
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Kamal Desai died on 17 June 2011.
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Kamal Desai was a writer and novelist.
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