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shantashelke.jpg shanta shelke
 19 october 1922 6 june 2002 -lrb- aged 79 -rrb-
shanta shelke

shanta janardan shelke -lrb- marathi : शान्ता शेळके -rrb- -lrb- born 19 october 1922 ; died 6 june 2002 -rrb- was a marathi poet and writer .
apart from this , she was a journalist , a professor , a composer , a story writer , a translator , a writer of child literature , someone who presided over literary gatherings , and more .
some of her compositions became immortal either as stand-alone poetic works or as songs sung by marathi greats like lata mangeshkar , asha bhosale and kishori amonkar , to name a few .
