Mahasweta Devi
1926–2016
Names and Surnames
মহাশ্বেতা দেবী, મહાશ્વેતા દેવી, महाश्वेता देवी, ಮಹಾಶ್ವೇತಾ ದೇವಿ, മഹാശ്വേതാ ദേവി, మహా శ్వేతాదేవి, 玛哈丝维塔·黛维, ਮਹਾਸਵੇਤਾ ਦੇਵੀ, மகாசுவேதா தேவி, Махасвета Деви, মহাশ্বেতা দেৱী, ମହାଶ୍ଵେତା ଦେବୀ, ماهاسوتا دوی, Մահասվետա Դևի, ماهاسويتا ديڤى, マハシュウェタ・デビ, ماہسوتا دیوی, ᱢᱚᱦᱟᱥᱣᱮᱛᱟ ᱫᱮᱵᱤ, مہاشویتا دیوی, Debī Mahāśvetā, ماهاسويتا ديفي, مہاسویتا دیوی, mahaswetha devi, সুমিত্রা দেবী, శ్వేతాదేవి, マハシュウェタ・デヴィ, Mahāśvetā Debī, Sumitra Devi, Mahāśvetā Devī, Mahāśvetā Bhaṭṭacārya
Timeline
- Birth
- 14 Jan 1926, Dhaka, Bengal Presidency, British India
- Death
- 28 Jul 2016, Kolkata
- Occupation
- human rights defender
- Occupation
- writer
- Occupation
- poet
- Occupation
- novelist
- Occupation
- educator
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Citizenship
- India
- Citizenship
- Dominion of India
- Award
- Sahitya Akademi Award in Bengali
- Award
- Ramon Magsaysay Award
- Award
- Banga Bibhushan
- Award
- Jnanpith Award
- Award
- Officer of Arts and Letters
- Award
- Padma Shri in social work
- Award
- Padma Vibhushan in literature & education
- Award
- SAARC Literary Award
- Employment
- University of Calcutta
Relations
Marriages
- Bijon Bhattacharya (1917–1978)
Children
- Nabarun Bhattacharya (1948–2014)
Parents
- Manish Ghatak (1902–1979)
Relatives
- Ritwik Ghatak (1925–1976)
Biography
Indian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)