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Mahasweta Devi was a famed Indian novelist and writer of short stories, usually featuring female and/or subaltern characters.
Devi was born on January 14, 1926 in what is now Bangladesh. Her father was a writer and her mother and aunt educated illiterate girls in Dhaka, which inspired in Devi a life of service.
In 1947 Devi married playwright Bijon Bhattacharya, and they moved to Calcutta (now Kolkata) where they had a son. Devi had to work odd jobs to supplement her husband’s income. She received a master’s degree in English from Shantiniketan, an experimental university founded by experimental poet Rabindranath Tagore.
Devi’s first novel was The Queen of Jhansi, a story based on an actual figure of a princess who fought and lost her life in the Mutiny of 1857 against the British, published in 1956 when she was 30. She researched the story throughout northern India, and once said, “I have a firm opinion that the most precious historical material is what is preserved in the mem
Jnanpith laureate Mahasweta Devi: A wiki biography
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- 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.
Devi, Mahasweta - Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation Philippines
- In electing MAHASWETA DEVI to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts, the board of trustees recognizes her compassionate crusade through art and activism to claim for tribal peoples a just and honorable place in India’s national life.
Memorable works of Mahasweta Devi - Times of India
মহাশ্বেতা দেবী: আদিবাসীদের আওয়াজ, বাংলার গর্ব
Mahasweta Devi: Writing as Protest - The Bangalore Review
Mahasweta Devi | The Booker Prizes
- 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.
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- She was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award (in Bengali), Jnanpith Award and Ramon Magsaysay Award, as well as India’s distinguished service civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.
| mahasweta devi writing style | MAHASWETA DEVI – Born into a family renowned for its literary prowess, she upheld the family legacy by becoming an unparalleled icon of Indian literature. |
| mahasweta devi husband | In electing MAHASWETA DEVI to receive the 1997 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts, the board of trustees recognizes her compassionate crusade through art and activism to claim for tribal peoples a just and honorable place in India’s national life. |
| mahasweta devi: short stories summary | Numerous awards have brought recognition to her genius — the Jnanpth in 1995 (India's highest literary award), the Ramon Magsaysay award in. |