| LC control no. | n 81124802 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PK1718.B48 |
| Personal name heading | Mahāśvetā Debī, 1926-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Bhaṭṭacārya, Mahāśvetā, 1926-2016 Bhattacharya, Mahashveta, 1926-2016 Debī, Mahāśvetā, 1926-2016 Devī, Mahāśvetā, 1926-2016 Devi, Mahasweta, 1926-2016 Devi, Sumitra, 1926-2016 Ghaṭak, Mahāśvetā, 1926-2016 Mahāśvetā Devī, 1926-2016 Mahasweta Devi, 1926-2016 Makācuvētā Tēvi, 1926-2016 Sumitra Devi, 1926-2016 Tēvi, Makācuvētā, 1926-2016 |
| Associated country | India |
| Birth date | 1926-01-14 |
| Death date | 2016-07-28 |
| Place of birth | Dhaka (Bangladesh) |
| Place of death | Kolkata (India) |
| Affiliation | Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College (Kolkata, India) Visva-Bharati Asutosh College, Kolkata |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Activists College teachers Journalists |
| Found in | Author's Lāẏalī āśamānera āẏanā, 1962. Her Cala rahī laṛāī, 1988: t.p. (Mahāśvetā Devī) Her Imaginary maps, 1993: CIP t.p. (Mahasweta Devi) Mahasweta Devi, c2006: p. (Beng. woman author; political and social activist; editor, Bartikā, Beng. quarterly for the tribal people and contents contributed by them) Kavi Vantyakaṭṭi Kāyiyin̲ vāl̲vum cāvum, 2007: t.p. (Makācuvētā Tēvi) t.p. verso (Mahasveta Devi [in rom.]) Wikipedia, viewed July 29, 2016 (Mahasweta Devi; b. 14 January 1926; d. 28 July 2016) Wikipedia, viewed November 20, 2023 (Mahasweta Devi; born in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Dakha, Bangladesh); died in Kolkata, West Bengal, India; I.A. from Asutosh College, 1944; B.A. (Hons) in English, Visva-Bharati University; M.A. in English, Calcutta University; wrote over 100 novels and over 20 collections, primarily written in Bengali; her specialisation lay in the studies of Adivasi, Dalit and Marginalized citizens with a focus on their women; in 1964 she began teaching at Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College (an affiliate of University of Calcutta), in those days an institution for working-class women students; during that time she also worked as a journalist and creative writer, writing about discrimination suffered by tribal people, women, and dalits; married to playwright Bijon Bhattacharya in 1947, then author Asil Gupta 1962-1976) |
| Associated language | ben |
| Invalid LCCN | n 93027308 |
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