Gouri Dharmapal
Indian poet and Sanskrit scholar
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| Intro | Indian poet and Sanskrit scholar | |
| Places | India | |
| is | Poet Intellectual Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 1927 | |
| Age | 98 years |
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Biography
Gouri Dharmapal is an Indian poet, Sanskrit scholar, and the former head of the department of Sanskrit at Lady Brabourne College at the University of Calcutta. In 2010 she was awarded a Certificate of Honour by the President of India.
Career
She graduated from Kolkata's renowned Scottish Church College in 1951, and was subsequently awarded an Ishan Scholarship by the University of Calcutta for postgraduate studies. She conducted research at the SOAS, University of London, and at the British Museum in London. She has been a novelist, essayist, Indologist, as well as a storyteller for children's books.