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Ashapurna Devi


Born
in Kolkata, British India
January 08, 1909

Died
July 13, 1995

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Women & Gender Studies


Ashapurna Devi (Bengali: আশাপূর্ণা দেবী), also Ashapoorna Debi or Asha Purna Devi, is a prominent Bengali novelist and poet. She has been widely honoured with a number of prizes and awards. She was awarded 1976 Jnanpith Award and the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1976; 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 Fellowship, in 1994.


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Average rating: 4.2 · 3,864 ratings · 393 reviews · 143 distinct works • Similar authors
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4.53 avg rating — 1,127 ratings — published 1964 — 12 editions
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সুবর্ণলতা (সত্যবতী, সুবর্ণল...
4.38 avg rating — 831 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions
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বকুল কথা (সত্যবতী, সুবর্ণলত...
3.89 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions
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গজ উকিলের হত্যা রহস্য
3.85 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions
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আশাপূর্ণা দেবীর ছোটগল্প সঙ্কলন
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The Matchbox: Selected Shor...
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সত্যবতী ট্রিলজি (সত্যবতী, স...
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বিবাগী পাখি
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দশটি কিশোর উপন্যাস
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“যাকে সামনে সমীহ করতে বাধ্য হতে হয়, তাকে আড়ালে নিন্দে করতে না পেলে বাঁচবে কেমন করে মানুষ?”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি
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“এতো আলো পৃথিবীতে, তবু পৃথিবীর মানুষগুলো এতো অন্ধকারে কেন?”
― Ashapurna Devi, প্রথম প্রতিশ্রুতি
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“সুখের বদলে সম্মান বিকাইয়া দেওয়া যায় না। সুখ বিদায় হোক — সম্মান থাক জীবনে।”
― Ashapurna Devi, অগ্নিপরীক্ষা
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