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Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi | |
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| Born | Sana Wangol 6 February 1922 Royal Palace, Imphal, Manipur |
| Died | 17 January 2011 (aged 88) Yaiskul, Imphal, Manipur |
| Pen name | Binodini |
| Occupation | Novelist, short story writer, screenplay writer, essayist, lyricist, translator |
| Language | Manipuri (Meiteilon) |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Notable awards | Jamini Sundar Guha Gold Medal (1966) Padma Shri (1976) Sahitya Akademi Award (1979) |
| Spouse | Dr L. Nanda Babu Roy (m. 1950, sep. 1967) |
| Children | L. Debabrata Roy L. Somi Roy |
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Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi (6 February 1922 – 17 January 2011)[1] was a writer from the Northeastern Indian state of Manipur.[2] She wrote in Meiteilon (officially known as Manipuri language) under the mononym Binodini. She was best known for her 1976 historical novel Boro Saheb Ongbi Sanatombi, which won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979.[3] Its English translation, The Princess and the Political Agent, was published as a Penguin Modern Classic in 2020 by Penguin Random House India.[4][5]
Binodini wrote in a wide range of literary forms and genres. She wrote short stories, plays, screenplays, essays, travelogues, lyrics, and translated Rabindranath Tagore, Badal Sircar and Shankar from Bengali to Manipuri.
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