Shanta Gokhale I Shanta Gokhale (Translator)

Lakshmi Bai Tilak (1868?1936) was a Marathi writer, best-known for her memoir, Smritichitre. She also completed her husband, Narayan Waman Tilak?s, epic poem Chirstayana after his death.

Shanta Gokhale (Translator) (1939) is a writer, translator and theatre critic. Her novels in Marathi, Rita Welinkar and Tya Varshi, won the Maharashtra State Award and have been translated by her into English. She has translated several other works from Marathi, including Kautik on Embers (Dhag) by Uddhav J. Shelke. She has written and edited several books, including The Scenes We Made: An Oral History of Experimental Theatre in Mumbai.