| Name(s) |
MAHASHWETA DEVI |
| Date of
Birth |
January 14, 1926
- in Dhaka - now in Bangladesh. |
| Date of
Death |
July 28, 2016 |
|
Identity |
Indian social
activist and writer. |
|
Other Events &
Developments |
- Her father, Manish
Ghatak, was a well-known
poet and novelist of the Kallol
movement, who used the pseudonym
Jubanashwa.
- Ghatak's youngest brother was
noted filmmaker Ritwik
Ghatak.
- Her mother, Dharitri
Devi, was also a writer and
a social worker.
- She joined the Rabindranath
Tagore-founded Vishvabharati
University in Santiniketan and
completed her B.A. in English, and
then finished an M.A. in English at
Calcutta University.
- She later married renowned
playwright Bijon
Bhattacharya, who was one
of the founding fathers of the IPTA
movement.
- In 1948, she gave birth to
Nabarun Bhattacharya,
one of Bengal's and India's
leading novelists, whose
works have been noted for their
intellectual vigour and
philosophical flavour.
- She got divorced from Bijon
Bhattacharya in 1959.
|
| Awards
and Accolades |
- 1979: Sahitya Akademi
Award (Bengali) – Aranyer
Adhikar (novel)
- 1986:
Padma Shri
- 1996:
Jnanpith Award – the highest literary
award from the Bharatiya Jnanpith
- 1997:
Ramon Magsaysay
Award – Journalism,
Literature, and the Creative
Communication Arts
- 1999: Honoris causa
– Indira Gandhi National Open
University (IGNOU)
- 2006:
Padma Vibhushan
– the second highest civilian award
from the Government of India
- 2010: Yashwantrao Chavan
National Award
- 2011: Bangabibhushan
– the highest civilian award from
the Government of West Bengal
- 2012: Hall of Fame
Lifetime Achievement Sahityabrahma
– the first Lifetime Achievement
award in Bengali Literature from
4thScreen-IFJW.
- 2014: 1st Mamoni Raisom
Goswami National Award for
Literature constituted by Assam
Sahitya Sabha and sponsored by
Numaligarh Refinery Limited, Assam.
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