Her mother, Sarojini Namjoshi, née Naik Nimbalkar, was from Phaltan. He was killed when his plane crashed in 1953. Her father, Manohar Vinayak Namjoshi, was senior test pilot at Hindustan Aircraft in Bangalore. Suniti Namjoshi was born in Mumbai in 1941. Her work has been translated into several languages, including Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, Korean, Hindi and Turkish. She has written many collections of fables and poetry, several novels, and more than a dozen children's books. Her work is playful, inventive and often challenges prejudices such as racism, sexism, and homophobia. She grew up in India, worked in Canada and at present lives in the southwest of England with English writer Gillian Hanscombe. Suniti Namjoshi (born 1941 in Mumbai, India) is a poet and a fabulist.
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