Ashapurna Devi
Ashapurna Devi | |
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| Born | 8 January 1909 Potoldanga, Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 12 July 1995 (aged 86) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet |
| Language | Bengali |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 1939–1995 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Prothom Protishruti Subarnolata Bakul Katha |
| Notable awards | Jnanpith Award Padma Shri Sahitya Akademi Fellowship |
Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), 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, D.Litt. by the Universities of Jabalpur, Rabindra Bharati, Burdwan and Jadavpur. Vishwa Bharati University honoured her with Deshikottam in 1989. For her contribution as a novelist and short story writer, the Sahitya Akademi conferred its highest honour, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, in 1994.