Ashapurna Devi | |
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| Born | 8 January 1909 Potoldanga, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 12 July 1995 (aged 86) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 1939–1995 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Prothom Protishruti Subarnolata Bakul Katha |
| Notable awards | Jnanpith Award Padma Shri Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |
Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995),[1] also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India,[2] D.Litt. by the Universities of Jabalpur, Rabindra Bharati, Burdwan and Jadavpur. Vishwa Bharati University honoured her with Deshikottam in 1989. For her contribution as a novelist and short story writer, the Sahitya Akademi conferred its highest honour, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, in 1994.[3]
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- ^ [1] Archived 13 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine