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Asha Bage

Asha Bage (born July 28, 1939) is a Marathi writer of short-stories and novels. She has published 7 novels, 13 collections of short stories, and two collections of literary works. She is famous for writing about the experiences and emotions of the middle-class Marathi women.

Her novel ''Bhoomi'' based on the 2004 Tsunami devastations in India earned her the Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi for the year 2006. She also received the Janasthan Puraskar from Kusumagraj Pratishthan in Nashik which is given to litterateurs for their contribution to the field of Marathi literature. In 2004, she was chosen as the president of the first Lekhika Sammelan (Women Writers' Conference) organized by the Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh. Provided by Wikipedia