Ashapurna Devi
Personal Info
Known for
Writing
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]
Ashapurna Devi
Biography
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.
Crew
(2020)
Captive
Story
(2002)
Annadata
Story
(1984)
Jog Biyog
Novel
(1967)
Chhoti Si Mulaqat
Story
(1965)
Kanch Kata Hire
Author
(1964)
Sadhana
Original Story
(1963)
Chaya Surya
Story
(1962)
Aathma Bandhuvu
Writer
(1959)
Sashibabur Sansar
Story
(1956)
Nabajanma
Story
(1954)
Agni Pariksha
Story
(1954)
Kalyani
Story
(1953)
Jog Biyog
Story