Shelke contributed extensively to Marathi literature in the form of poems, stories, novels, character sketches, critiques, and introductions. She retired from there after long service and settled in Pune. Her final teaching position was at Maharshi Dayanand College in Parel, Mumbai. After this, she moved to Mumbai and held jobs with such organizations as the Film Censor board, the Theatre examination board, and the Govt. She then moved to Nagpur to work as a professor of Marathi in Hislop College located there. She served as assistant editor of the Navyug, a weekly publication run by Acharya Atre, for 5 years. in Marathi and Sanskrit and stood first in Bombay University. S he completed her graduation in Sir Parshurambhau College in Pune. Shelke was born in Indapur, Pune on 19 th October 1922. Some of her compositions were published as stand-alone poetic works, and others as songs sung by Marathi greats like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle, and Kishori Amonkar, to name a few. She was also a journalist, a professor, a composer, a translator as well as a writer of children’s stories. Shanta Janardan Shelke was primarily a Marathi poet and writer.
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