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class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1923-10-17</span>)</span>17 October 1923<br /><a href="/wiki/Rajkot" title="Rajkot">Rajkot</a>, Gujarat, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Died</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">21 March 2003<span style="display:none">(2003-03-21)</span> (aged 79)<br />New Delhi, India</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Pen name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname" style="line-height:1.4em;">Shivani</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Novelist</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">Indian</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gaura Pant</b> (17 October 1923<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – 21 March 2003), better known as <b>Shivani</b>, was a <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> writer of the 20th century and a pioneer in writing Indian women-centric fiction. She was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> for her contribution to <a href="/wiki/Hindi_literature" title="Hindi literature">Hindi literature</a> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-padma_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-padma-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She garnered a following in the pre-television era of 1960s and 1970s, and her literary works such as <i>Krishnakali</i>, were serialised in Hindi magazines like <i><a href="/wiki/Dharmayug" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharmayug">Dharmayug</a></i> and <i>Saptahik Hindustan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the career, she wrote over 30 novels, prominently 'Bhairvi', 'Krishnakali', 'Chaudhan Phere', 'Atithi', 'Kalindi' and 'Akash'.<sup id="cite_ref-tri_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tri-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Through her writings, she also made the culture of <a href="/wiki/Kumauni_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumauni People">Kumaon</a> known to the Hindi speakers in India. Her novel <i>Kariye Chima</i> was made into a film, while her other novels including <i>Surangma</i>, <i>Rativilaap</i>, <i>Mera Beta</i>, and <i>Teesra Beta</i> have been turned into television serials.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shivani&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gaura Pant 'Shivani' was born on 17 October 1923, the <a href="/wiki/Vijaya_Dasami" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijaya Dasami">Vijaya Dasami</a> day in <a href="/wiki/Rajkot" title="Rajkot">Rajkot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>, where her father, Ashwini Kumar Pande was a teacher with the princely state of Rajkot. He was a <a href="/wiki/Kumauni_People" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumauni People">Kumaoni</a> <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a>. Her mother was a Sanskrit scholar, and the first student of <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a> Mahila Vidyalaya. Later her father became the Diwan with the Nawab of <a href="/wiki/Rampur,_Uttar_Pradesh" title="Rampur, Uttar Pradesh">Rampur</a> and the member of Viceroy's Bar Council,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> thereafter the family moved to the princely state of <a href="/wiki/Orchha" title="Orchha">Orchha</a>, where her father held an important position. Thus Shivani's childhood had influences from these varied places, and an insight into women of privilege, which reflected in much of her work. At Lucknow, she became the first student of the local Mahila Vidyalaya Lucknow (<a href="/wiki/Lucknow_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Lucknow University">Lucknow University</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Kumaon_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kumaon-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1935, Shivani's first story was published in the Hindi Children's magazine <i>Natkhat</i>, at age twelve.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That was also when the three siblings were sent to the study at <a href="/wiki/Rabindranath_Tagore" title="Rabindranath Tagore">Rabindranath Tagore</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Visva-Bharati_University" title="Visva-Bharati University">Visva-Bharati University</a> at <a href="/wiki/Shantiniketan" title="Shantiniketan">Shantiniketan</a>. Shivani remained at Shantiniketan for another 9 years and left as a graduate in 1943. Her serious writings started during the years spent at Shantiniketan. It was this period that she took to writing whole-heartedly and had the most profound influence in her writing sensibilities,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a period she recounts vividly in her book, <i>Amader Shantiniketan</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shivani&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shivani was married to Shuk Deo Pant, a teacher who worked in the Education Department of <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a>, which led to the family travelling to various places including <a href="/wiki/Allahabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Allahabad">Allahabad</a> and Priory Lodge in <a href="/wiki/Nainital" title="Nainital">Nainital</a>, before settling in <a href="/wiki/Lucknow" title="Lucknow">Lucknow</a>, where she stayed till her last days.<sup id="cite_ref-Kumaon_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kumaon-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She had four children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. </p><p>Her husband died at an early age, leaving her to take care of the four children. She had three daughters, Veena Joshi, <a href="/wiki/Mrinal_Pande" title="Mrinal Pande">Mrinal Pande</a> and Ira Pande, and a son <a href="/wiki/Muktesh_Pant" title="Muktesh Pant">Muktesh Pant</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literary_career">Literary career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shivani&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Literary career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1951, her short story, <i>Main Murga Hun</i> ('I am a Chicken') was published in <i>Dharmayug</i> under the pen name Shivani. She published her first novel <i>Lal Haveli</i> in the sixties, and over the next ten years she produced several major works which were serialised in <i>Dharmayug</i>. Shivani received the <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> for her contribution to Hindi literature in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-padma_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-padma-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She was a prolific writer; her bibliography consists of over 40 novels, many short stories and hundreds of articles and essays. Her most famous works include <i>Chaudah Phere</i>, <i>Krishnakali</i>, <i>Lal Haveli</i>, <i>Smashan Champa</i>, <i>Bharavi</i>, <i>Rati Vilap</i>, <i>Vishkanya</i>, <i>Apradhini</i>. She also published travelogues such as <i>Yatriki</i>, based on her London travels, and <i>Chareivati</i>, based on her travels to Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Towards the end of her life, Shivani took to autobiographical writings, first sighted in her book, <i>Shivani ki Sresth Kahaniyan</i>, followed by her two-part memoir, <i>Smriti Kalash</i> and <i>Sone De</i>, whose title she borrowed from the epitaph of 18th-century Urdu poet <a href="/wiki/Nazeer_Akbarabadi" title="Nazeer Akbarabadi">Nazeer Akbarabadi</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shivani continued to write till her last days, and died on 21 March 2003 in New Delhi, after a prolonged illness.<sup id="cite_ref-tri_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tri-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death_and_legacy">Death and legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shivani&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death and legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon her death, the <a href="/wiki/Press_Information_Bureau" title="Press Information Bureau">Press Information Bureau</a> said that "the Hindi <a href="/wiki/Literature" title="Literature">literature</a> world has lost a popular and eminent novelist and the void is difficult to fill".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, her daughter, Hindi writer Ira Pande, published a memoir based on Shivani's life, titled <i>Diddi</i> My Mother's Voice. <i>Diddi</i> in Kumaoni means elder sister, and that's how her children used to address her, as she really was a friend to them.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, <a href="/wiki/IIT_Kanpur" title="IIT Kanpur">IIT Kanpur</a> established the Shivani Centre for the nurture and re-integration of Hindi and other Indian languages.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2023, making her birth centenary, a literary festival was organised at IIT Kanpur. <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shivani&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Chareiveti</i> — A narrative of travel in Russia and her encounters with literary figures</li> <li><i>Atithi</i> (1991) — A novel whose central character, Jaya, after a failed marriage meets Shekhar who proposes to her</li> <li><i>Pootonvali</i> (1998) — A collection of two novelettes and three short stories</li> <li><i>Jharokha</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Chal Khusaro Ghar Aapne</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>Vatayan</i> (1999)</li> <li><i>Ek Thi Ramrati</i> (1998)</li> <li><i>Mera Bhai</i>/<i>Patheya</i> (1997) — A novella and her recollections of events and personages</li> <li><i>Yatrik</i> (1999) — Her experiences in England where she travelled for the marriage of her son</li> <li><i>Jaalak</i> (1999) — 48 short memoirs</li> <li><i>Amader Shantiniketan</i> (1999) — Reminiscences of <a href="/wiki/Shantiniketan" title="Shantiniketan">Shantiniketan</a></li> <li><i>Manik</i> — Novellette and other stories (Joker and Tarpan)</li> <li><i>Shmashan Champa</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>Surangma</i> — A novel about a political figure and his personal life shadowed by sordid relationships</li> <li><i>Mayapuri</i> — A novel about relationships</li> <li><i>Kainja</i> — A novel and 7 short stories</li> <li><i>Bhairvee</i> — A novel</li> <li><i>Gainda</i> — A novel and two long stories</li> <li><i>Krishnaveni</i> — A novelette and two short stories</li> <li><i>Swayam Sidha</i> — A novel and 6 short stories</li> <li><i>Kariya Cheema</i> — 7 short stories</li> <li><i>Up Preti</i> — 2 short novels, a story and 13 nonfictional articles</li> <li><i>Chir Swayamvara</i> — 10 short stories and 5 sketches</li> <li><i>Vishkanya</i> — A novelette and 5 short stories</li> <li><i>Krishnakali</i> — A novel</li> <li><i>Kastoori Mrig</i> — A short novel and several articles</li> <li><i>Aparadhini</i> — A novel</li> <li><i>Rathya</i> — A novel</li> <li><i>Chaudah Phere</i> — A novel</li> <li><i>Rati Vilap</i> — 3 novelettes and 3 short stories</li> <li><i>Shivani ki Sresth Kahaniyan</i> —13 short stories</li> <li><i>Smriti Kalash</i> — 10 essays</li> <li><i>Sunhu Taat Yeh Akath Kahani</i> — Autobiographical narratives</li> <li><i>Hey Dattatreya</i> — Folk culture and literature of <a href="/wiki/Kumauni_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kumauni people">Kumaon</a></li> <li><i>Manimala Ki Hansi</i> — Short stories, essays, memoirs and sketches</li> <li><i>Shivani ki Mashhoor Kahaniyan</i> — 12 short stories<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="English_translations">English translations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shivani&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: English translations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Trust and other stories</i>. Calcutta: Writers Workshop, 1985.</li> <li><i>Krishnakali and other stories</i>. Trans. by Masooma Ali. 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href="https://archive.today/20121209185644/http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cDVPXDmW4h8J:www.india.gov.in/myindia/images/ps_awards.pdf+Shivani+Gaura+Pant&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=50">Shivani Guara Pant</a> Official <a href="/wiki/Padma_Shri" title="Padma Shri">Padma Shri</a> List.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040323000748/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lr/2003/05/04/stories/2003050400070100.htm">Shivani The Hindu, 4 May 2003</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tri-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tri_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tri_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030322/nation.htm#6">Gaura Pant Shivani dead</a> The Tribune, 22 March 2003.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/lekhak/s/shivani.htm">Shivani Profile</a> <i>www.abhivyakti-hindi.org.</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.readers-cafe.net/uttaranchal/2006/07/24/shivani-gaura-pant/">Shivani Gaura Pant – Biography</a> Biography at readers-café.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kumaon-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Kumaon_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Kumaon_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=47034">The stories of Kumaon..</a><sup 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070310023947/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2007/03/04/stories/2007030400150300.htm">A conversation with <i>Ira Pande</i> on her mother Shivani</a></li></ul> <dl><dt>Works online</dt></dl> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://poshampa.org/laati/"><i>Laati</i>, a story by Shivani</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/kahaniyan/2000/lalhaveli/lalhaveli1.htm"><i>Lal Haveli</i>, a story by Shivani</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/kahaniyan/2004/phg/pitihuigot1.htm"><i>Piti Hui Got</i>, a story by Shivani</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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