Kavita Mahajan

Kavita Mahajan (5 September 1967 – 27 September 2018) was an Indian author and translator who wrote in Marathi. She is noted for her critically acclaimed novels Brr, Bhinna (2007) and Kuhoo (2011), as well as a non-fiction work Graffiti Wall (2009). She was the winner of the 2011 translation award conferred by the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters.

Early life and education Mahajan was born in the city of Nanded in Maharashtra. She was the daughter of S.D. Mahajan, the ex-secretary of Marathi Vishwakosh and the granddaughter of the painter Tryambak Vasekar.

Mahajan's 2011 novel, Kuhoo dealt with the relationship between human and nature, and was marketed as a 'multimedia novel'. It came with a DVD containing sights and sounds from nature, including a few animations. She is also renowned for her poetry, including a collection entitled Dhulicha Awaz.

Speaking in April 2016 at a programme organised by T. M. A. Pai Chair for Indian Literature at Manipal University (now ), she said: "I am a woman and before that I am a human being. If all are human beings, why is there discrimination? That is a question, which has haunted me from my childhood."

Death Mahajan died on 27 September 2018 of pneumonia at the Chellaram Diabetes Hospital.

Selected works