Sunita Deshpande was an Indian writer. She was fondly called "Sunitabai".
Deshpande began writing late in her life. She published her memoir Aahe Manohar Tari (आहे मनोहर तरी) in 1990. The book has been translated into Gujarati
("Manohar chhe pan" by Suresh Dalal, SNDT, Mumbai 1992), Hindi ("Hai Sabse madhur phir bhi" by Rekha Deshpande, Orient Longman 1996), Kannada ("Balu Sogasadaru", by Uma Kulkarni, Mahila Sahitya, Hubli) and English ("..And Pine For What Is Not", by Gauri Deshpande, Orient Longman, 1995).
She was also a prolific correspondent. Her book "प्रिय जी.ए." (translation: Dear G.A.), a collection of correspondence with Marathi writer G. A. Kulkarni, won her the first "G A Kulkarni Award" for remarkable literary contributions and influence in 2008.
She acted in Marathi movie, "Vande Maataram" based on India's freedom struggle in which she had participated herself, and plays such as "Sunder mee honaar", "Raajemaster", and "Rajamaataa Jijaabai" (a solo show)
| Date of Birth | 3rd July 1926 |
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| Date of Death | 7th November 2009 |
| Age at Death | 83 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Country | India |
| Current City | Mumbai |
| Birth Place | Mumbai |
| Death Place | Pune |
| Nationality | India |
| Citizenship | India |
| Spouses | Purushottam Laxman Deshpande |
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| Occupation | novelist, writer |
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