Author Series 19
Mahasweta Devi (1926-2016)
* Indian social activist and writer. She is a Bengali writer.
* She is famous for her Agnigarbha (Womb of Fire); 1978.
* She was influenced by the communist movement of the 1940’s.
* Postcolonial scholar Gayatri Chakraborty Spivak has translated most of the stories of Mahasweta Devi into English, most notably among them is 1955 collection Imaginary Maps.
* She is renowned social activist.
Awards
1. Sahitya Akademi (For Bengali ‘Aranyer Adhikar’)
2. Padma Shri (1986)
3. Janpith Award (1996)
4. Padam Vibhusan (2006)
5. Raman Magsaysay Award (1998) – For Hajar Churashir Maa (1974) translated into English by Samik Bandhopadhyay
Important Works of Mahasweta Devi
1. The Queen of Jhansi (biography translated into English by Sagarel and Mandira Sengupta).
2. Arayner Adhikar
3. Agnigarbha (Womb of Fire) 1978
4. Dust on the Road.
5. Rudali
6. Hajar Churashir Maa
7. Mother of 1084
8. Breast Stories
9. The Why-Why Girl
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