1. Shanta Janardan Shelke was an Indian poet and writer in the Marathi language.
12 Facts About Shanta Shelke
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Shanta Shelke's work included song compositions, stories, translations, and children's literature.
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Shanta Shelke completed her primary education in Mahatma Gandhi Vidyalaya, Rajgurunagar and high school education from Huzurpaga, Pune.
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Shanta Shelke did her graduation in Pune's S P College.
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Shanta Shelke spent 5 years working as assistant editor of the weekly Navyug run by Acharya Atre.
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Shanta Shelke then moved to Nagpur to work as a professor of Marathi in Hislop College, Nagpur.
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Shanta Shelke retired after long service from Maharshi Dayanand College, and settled in Pune.
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Shanta Shelke contributed to Marathi literature in the form of poems, stories, novels, character sketches, interviews, critiques, and introductions.
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Shanta Shelke helped translate English cinema and wrote for newspaper columns.
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Apart from her contributions to Marathi literature, Shanta Shelke was equally famous for writing lyrics for Marathi songs.
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Shanta Shelke wrote her first song for the film Ram Ram Pavna in 1950.
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Music composer Kaushal Inamdar composed an entire album of her songs called 'Shubhra Kalya Moothbhar' when Shanta Shelke was elected President of the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan in 1996.