Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi | |
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Devi at the Ramon Magsaysay Award ceremony (1997) | |
| Born | 14 January 1926 Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 28 July 2016 (aged 90) Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Alma mater | Visva-Bharati University University of Calcutta |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, activist |
| Notable work | Hajar Churashir Maa (Mother of 1084) Aranyer Adhikar (The Right of the Forest) Titu Mir |
| Spouse(s) | Bijon Bhattacharya (1947–1962) Asit Gupta (1965–1976) |
| Children | Nabarun Bhattacharya |
| Relatives | Manish Ghatak (father) Ritwik Ghatak (uncle) |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan Padma Shri Sahitya Akademi Award Ramon Magsaysay Award Jnanpith Award |
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Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016)[1][2] was an Indian Bengali language writer and activist.[3] Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar.[4] She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people (Lodha and Shabar) of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India.[5] She was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award (in Bengali), Jnanpith Award and Ramon Magsaysay Award along with India's civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.[6]
- ^ Detailed Biography Archived 26 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine Ramon Magsaysay Award.
- ^ John Charles Hawley (2001). Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-0-313-31192-5. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ Swaminathan, Kaushik (2 August 2016). "Mahasweta Devi, Bengali Writer and Activist Who Fought Injustice, Dies at 90". New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
- ^ "Tearing the curtain of darkness". The Hindu. 31 July 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "Mahasweta Devi: The Life Immortal". The Indian Express. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ Datta, Sudipta (31 July 2016). "Tearing the curtain of darkness". The Hindu (Op-ed). Retrieved 27 June 2017.