Sumati Kshetramade (

Devanagari Devanagari ( ; , , Sanskrit pronunciation: ), also called Nagari (),Kathleen Kuiper (2010), The Culture of India, New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, , page 83 is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental Writing systems#Segmental syste ...

: सुमती क्षेत्रमाडे) (7 March 1913 – 1997) was an India

Marathi Marathi may refer to: *Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India *Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people *Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece See also * * ...

writer from

Maharashtra Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a states and union territories of India, state in the western India, western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the List of states and union te ...

. A major theme of her novels is the exploitation of women. Kshetramade was a physician by profession. Her novels include: * Shrāvaṇadhārā (1983) * Pratipadā (1982) * Makhamalī Baṭavā (1979) * Āshāḍh Megh (1976) * Sharvari Sharvari * Yugandharā * Ābhās * Mahāshwetā * Anuhār * Wrundā * Yādnyaseni *Sāmbarāchi Shinge * Jiwan-Swapna

References

Indian women novelists Marathi people Marathi-language writers 1913 births 1997 deaths Novelists from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian novelists Women writers from Maharashtra 20th-century Indian women writers {{india-writer-stub