Shanta Shelke was a famous Marathi poetess, writer, journalist and professor from India. She wrote novels, poems, songs, children's literature and newspaper columns. Some of her major literary works included the novels Odh, Dharma and Punarjanma. She received several prestigious awards for her contributions to Marathi literature, including the Soor Singaar Award and the Yasvanthrao Chawan Prathishan Award.