Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016)
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Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Obras de Mahasweta Devi
হাজার চুরাশির মা 6 copias
Dust on the Road 4 copias
Draupadi 2 copias
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay 2 copias
Dust on the Road 1 copia
HERO-EK BLOO PRINT 1 copia
Baniya-Bahu 1 copia
"Breast-Giver" 1 copia
[ The Queen of Jhansi [ THE QUEEN OF JHANSI ] By Devi, Mahasweta ( Author )Jul-15-2010 Hardcover (2010) 1 copia
Hajar Churashir Maa 1 copia
নীল ছবি 1 copia
JATAK KAHINI 1 copia
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Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Contribuidor — 187 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- মহাশ্বেতা ভট্টাচার্য
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1926-01-14
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2016-07-28
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- Bengal
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Causa de fallecimiento
- heart attack
- Ocupaciones
- writer
social activist - Premios y honores
- Ramon Magsaysay Award (1997)
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- Popularidad
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- Valoración
- 3.7
- Reseñas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 58
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 1