Namita Gokhale

Namita Gokhale
Namita Gokhale
Born	1956 (age 67–68) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Occupation	Writer, Editor, Festival Director, Publisher
Nationality	Indian
Website
www.namitagokhale.in

Namita Gokhale (born 1956) is an Indian fiction writer, editor, festival director, and publisher. Her debut novel, Paro: Dreams of Passion was released in 1984, and she has since written fiction and nonfiction, and edited nonfiction collections. She conceptualized and hosted the Doordarshan show Kitaabnama: Books and Beyond and is a founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival. She won the 2021 Sahitya Akademi Award^[1] for her novel 'Things to leave behind'.