Na Hanyate (transl. It Doesn't Die) is a novel written in 1974 in Bengali by Maitreyi Devi, an Indian poet and novelist who was the protégée of the great Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.[1][2] The writer received Sahitya Akademi Award for this novel in 1976.[3] She wrote the novel in response to Romanian philosopher Mircea Eliade's book La Nuit Bengali (titled Bengal Nights in English), which related a fictionalised account of their romance during Eliade's visit to India.[2]
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