Irawati Karnik is a writer, playwright, screenwriter, translator, dramaturg, and actor based out of Mumbai. She writes in Marathi, Hindi, and English.
Irawati began her theatre journey by working closely with the late Chetan Datar for the theatre group Awishkar, founded by the late Vijay Tendulkar. Since then, she has collaborated closely with several imminent theatre directors to create plays that have been performed across the country. An alumnus of Sir J.J. School of Fine Arts, Irawati has also worked towards research and documentation of Indian contemporary art. Her writing and translation feature in books published by the Bodhana Arts & Research Foundation. A number of her translations, both fiction and nonfiction, have been published by Oxford University Press. Irawati has won several awards for her work, including the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2009, Best Original Script awards at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards, and the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad Award, among many others.
Irawati’s recent film ‘Anandi Gopal’ won the National Award for Best Film on Social Issues in 2021.
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Irawati Karnik is a writer, playwright, screenwriter, translator, dramaturg, and actor based out of Mumbai. She writes in Marathi, Hindi, and English.
Irawati began her theatre journey by working closely with the late Chetan Datar for the theatre group Awishkar, founded by the late Vijay Tendulkar. Since then, she has collaborated closely with several imminent theatre directors to create plays that have been performed across the country. An alumnus of Sir J.J. School of Fine Arts, Irawati has also worked towards research and documentation of Indian contemporary art. Her writing and translation feature in books published by the Bodhana Arts & Research Foundation. A number of her translations, both fiction and nonfiction, have been published by Oxford University Press. Irawati has won several awards for her work, including the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar in 2009, Best Original Script awards at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards, and the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad Award, among many others.
Irawati’s recent film ‘Anandi Gopal’ won the National Award for Best Film on Social Issues in 2021.