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Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), [1] also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Padma Shri by the Government of India, [2] D.Litt. by the Universities of Jabalpur, Rabindra Bharati, Burdwan and Jadavpur.
For her significant contribution to the field of literature especially feminist literature, Ashapurna Devi was bestowed the Jnanpith Award as well as the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1976. She was conferred D.Litt by the Jadavpur Burdwan and Jabalpur universities.
Ashapurna Devi, a prominent Bengali novelist, born in 1909, in the colonial India which just got jolted by the wave of enlightenment. All of her writings focused on the existing gender discrimination and the emergence and evolution of middle-class Bengali women-their oppression, position, consciousness and conscientiousness, inspirations and of ...
2 days ago · Born on January 8, 1909, Ashapurna Devi, also Ashapoorna Devi was the first woman to receive the Jnanpith Award. She was a prominent novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award. The Government of India honoured her with Padma Shri in the same year. In 1989, the Vishwa Bharati University honoured her with Deshikottam.
Ashapurna Devi, also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and Pad...
A foremost Indian woman-writer, Ashapurna was born in colonial Bengal in 1909. She lived till 1995, witnessing the transitions and transformations that took place in society, culture, and family life during the colonial times and after India gained political independence.
Prothom Protishruti is the most acclaimed work of Ashapurna Devi, [3] and is considered to be one of the foremost novels in Bengali literature. [4] It was selected for Rabindra Puraskar for 1965 and Jnanpith Award for 1976.
