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Birth Date : 08/09/1959

LEENA SOHONI IS A PROLIFIC WRITER AND A TRANSLATOR AND HAS BEEN CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE FOR OVER 33 YEARS. SHE HAS TRANSLATED OVER FIFTY FIVE BOOKS INTO MARATHI INCLUDING THE MUCH TALKED ABOUT LAJJA, BY BANGLADESHI AUTHOR TASLIMA NASREEN. APART FROM TRANSLATION LEENA ALSO WRITES IN PERIODICALS, DAILIES AND ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN ENGLISH AND MARATHI. LEENA COMPLETED HER MASTERS IN GERMAN FROM PUNE UNIVERSITY IN THE YEAR 1981 AND WAS AWARDED CHANCELLOR’S GOLD MEDAL FOR SECURING THE HIGHEST RANK IN THE ARTS FACULTY. LEENA IS A RECEIPIENT OF NUMEROUS LITERARY AWARDS INCLUDING THE STATE GOVERNMENT AWARD FOR BEST TRANSLATION (FOR HER TRANSLATIONS: LAJJA BY TASLIMA NASREEN AND WISE AND OTHERWISE BY SUDHA MURTY), G.A.KULKARNI AWARD, N.C.KELKAR AWARD, BAL SHATRI JAMBHEKAR AWARD AND RANJIT DESAI AWARD TO NAME A FEW. SHE HAS ATTENDED ADVANCED TEACHERS’ TRAINING COURSES IN GERMANY ON SCHOLARSHIPS, ONCE BY THE GOETHE INSTITUTE AND ONCE BY THE CULTURAL MINISTRY OF GERMANY.