Key facts
- Born
- 8 January 1909, Kolkata
- Died
- 12 July 1995, Kolkata
- State of birth
- Kolkata, West Bengal
- Sector
- Literature & writing
- Profession
- Indian writer (1909–1995)
- Gender
- Female
Biography
Ashapurna Devi, 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 Deshikottam 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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Timeline
- 1909Born in Kolkata
- 1976Awarded the Jnanpith Award
- 1976Awarded the Padma Shri in literature and education
- 1994Awarded the Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi
- 1995Dies in Kolkata
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- Wikidata (CC0) · 3/5