Kamal Desai

Kamal Desai (10 November 1928–17 June 2011) was an Indian novelist writing in Marathi.

She was born in Yamkan Mardi in the Belgaum district. She studied in Belgaum, going on to complete a master's degree in Marathi at Bombay University. Desai began writing in 1955 and retired to Pune.

She is best known for her 1975 novel Hat Ghalnari Bai (Woman Wearing a Hat).

Selected works

 * Rang (Colours), stories (1962)
 * Ratrandin Amha Yuddhacha Prasang (We confront the war day and night), novel (1963)
 * Kala Surya (Dark sun), novel (1972)
 * Rang-2, stories (1998)