| Name(s) |
ASHAPURNA DEVI |
| Date of
Birth |
January 08, 1909 |
| Date of
Death |
July 13, 1995 |
|
Identity |
Indian Bengali
novelist and poet |
|
Date-wise Events |
- 1954:
The Lila Prize from the University
of Calcutta.
- 1966: The Bhutan Mohini Dasi
Gold Medal and the Raindrop Memorial
Prize from the Government
of West Bengal.
- 1976: The Jnanpith Award
for Prothom Protishruti.
- 1976:
PADMA SHRI Award
from Govt of India.
- 1988: The Haranath Ghosh Medal
from the Bangiya Sahitya Parishad.
- 1993: The Jagattarini Gold
Medal from the University of
Calcutta.
|
|
General |
- Most of her writings marked a
spirited protest against the
inequality and injustice
stemming from the gender-based
discrimination.
- Her stories lay threadbare
the oppression women have to face
and made a fervent appeal for a new
social order though not subscribing
to the modern theoretical feminism
of western mode.
- Her magnum opus – the trilogy –
Pratham Pratishruti
(1964), Subarnolata
(1967) and Bakul Katha
(1974) symbolises an endless
struggle for women to
achieve equal rights.
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