

Some of her famous song collections include: Though child literature was her favourite subject, she gained popularity as a poetess and music composer. *Vadildhari Manase (वडीलधारी माणसे) - a collection of character sketches. *DhoolPati (धूळपाटी) - an introspective autobiography. She also produced "lalit" literature like

Some such newspaper columns were later converted into books. She also helped translated English cinema and wrote for newspaper columns. She contributed extensively to Marathi literature in the form of Poems, stories, novels, character sketches, interviews, criques, introductions, etc. She retired after a long service from Dayanand College, Mumbai and settled in Pune.ĭuring her working career in Mumbai, she also served in She then moved to Nagpur to work as a professor of Marathi in Hislop College, Nagpur.

She spent 5 years working as assistant editor of the weekly "Navyug" run by Acharya Atre. in Marathi and Sanskrit and stood first in Bombay University. She was educated in Pune's Sir Parshurambhau College ( S. "Shanta Shelke" was born in Indapur, Pune. Some of her compositions became immortal as either stand-alone poetic works or as songs sung by marathi greats like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosale and Kishori Amonkar, to name a few. Apart from this she has been a journalist, a professor, composer, story writer, translator, written child literature, presided over literature gatherings and more. Died June 6, 2002) was a gifted Marathi poetess and writer. Shanta Janardan Shelke ( Devanagari: शांता शेळके) (Born October 19, 1922.
