Mahasweta Devi

Mahasweta Devi

Writer
Born
January 14, 1926
Died
July 28, 2016

Mahasweta Devi was born on 14 January 1926 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. She was a writer, known for Sunghursh (1968), Gudia (1997) and Maati Maay (2006). She was married to Asit Gupta and Bijon Bhattacharya. She died on 28 July 2016 in Kolkata, West Bengal,…

Biography

Mahasweta Devi was born on January 14, 1926 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India [now in Dhaka, Bangladesh]. She was a writer, known for Sunghursh (1968), Gudia (1997) and Maati Maay (2006). She was married to Asit Gupta and Bijon Bhattacharya. She died on July 28, 2016 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

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