Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016)
Auteur de Imaginary Maps
A propos de l'auteur
Mahasweta Devi was born in what is now in Bangladesh on January 14, 1926. She received a B.A. in English from Vishvabharati University and an M.A. in English from Calcutta University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a journalist and an English professor. During her lifetime, she afficher plus wrote almost 100 novels and over 20 short story collections, primarily written in Bengali. Her first book, Jhansi'r Rani (The Queen of Jhansi), was published in 1956. Her other novels included Mother of 1084 and The Occupation of the Forest. She was the author behind the Hindi films Rudaali and Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa. She was also an activist who immersed herself in the lives of India's poor and marginalized as she chronicled their lives in fiction. In 1997, she received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for her writing and activism on behalf of tribal communities. She died from a heart attack and multiple organ failure on July 28, 2016 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Mahasweta Devi
হাজার চুরাশির মা 6 exemplaires
Dust on the Road 4 exemplaires
Draupadi 3 exemplaires
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay 2 exemplaires
Dust on the Road 1 exemplaire
HERO-EK BLOO PRINT 1 exemplaire
Baniya-Bahu 1 exemplaire
"Breast-Giver" 1 exemplaire
[ The Queen of Jhansi [ THE QUEEN OF JHANSI ] By Devi, Mahasweta ( Author )Jul-15-2010 Hardcover (2010) 1 exemplaire
Hajar Churashir Maa 1 exemplaire
নীল ছবি 1 exemplaire
JATAK KAHINI 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Contributeur — 189 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- মহাশ্বেতা ভট্টাচার্য
- Date de naissance
- 1926-01-14
- Date de décès
- 2016-07-28
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- Bengal
- Lieu de naissance
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Lieu du décès
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Cause du décès
- heart attack
- Professions
- writer
social activist - Prix et distinctions
- Ramon Magsaysay Award (1997)
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- Œuvres
- 52
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- 4
- Membres
- 432
- Popularité
- #56,591
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
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- ISBN
- 58
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- 7
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