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Ashapurna Devi
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith…
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Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, D.Litt. by the Universities of Jabalpur, Rabindra Bharati, Burdwan and Jadavpur. Vishwa Bharati University honoured her with Deshikottama in 1989. For her contribution as a novelist and short story writer, the Sahitya Akademi conferred its highest honour, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, in 1994.
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2020
Captive
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2002
Annadata
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1990
Swarg
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1984
Jog Biyog
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1971
Baala Bandhana
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1967
Chhoti Si Mulaqat
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1965
Kanch Kata Hire
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1964
Sadhana
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1963
Chaya Surya
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1962
Aathma Bandhuvu
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1959
Sashibabur Sansar
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1956
Nabajanma
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1954
Agni Pariksha
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1954
Kalyani
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1953
Jog Biyog
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