Asha Bage (born 28 July 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. [1] She is famous for writing about the experiences and emotions of the middle-class Marathi women. [2]
Her novel Bhoomi based on the 2004 Tsunami devastations in India earned her the Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi for the year 2006. [3] 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. [4] In 2004, she was chosen as the president of the first Lekhika Sammelan (Women Writers' Conference) organized by the Vidarbha Sahitya Sangh. [5]
Asha Bage was born to Waman Deshpande and Kusum Deshpande in Nagpur. [5]
She attended New English High School in Mahal, Nagpur. Later, she attended Lady Amrutbai Daga College in Nagpur where she obtained the Master of Arts degree in Marathi and Music. [5]