Namita Gokhale recently received the prestigious Nilimarani Sahitya Samman 2023 at the Kadambini Literature Festival
Books
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The Goddess Trilogy
The Goddess Trilogy
Step into the timeless world of three extraordinary goddesses—Sita, Radha, and Lakshmi—through this landmark trilogy…
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The Girl Who Loved Poems
The Girl Who Loved Poems
Kavitha loved poems as much as her name. As Kavitha sits to write a poem, she ponders how to write the perfect poem…
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The Whispering Mountains: Marvellous Folktales from the Himalayas
The Whispering Mountains: Marvellous Folktales from the Himalayas
The Whispering Mountains is a collection of folktales handed down through generations―tales shared by grandparents sitting by…
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About Namita Gokhale
Namita Gokhale is the author of twenty-five books, including fourteen works of fiction, and editor of numerous anthologies. Her acclaimed debut novel, Paro: Dreams of Passion, was published in 1984. Recent works of fiction include The Blind Matriarch, Jaipur Journals and Betrayed by Hope. She is also co-founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.
She has been recognized both for her writing and her commitment to multilingual Indian literature and cross-cultural literary dialogue.
She was the Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters) awardee for 2021, and received the prestigious First Centenary National Award for Literature in 2017.
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