Devi's mother, Dharitri Devi, was also a writer and a social worker whose brothers include sculptor Sankha Chaudhury and the founder-editor of Economic and Political Weekly of India, Sachin Chaudhury.ĭevi's first schooling was in Dhaka, Eden Montessori School (1930). Ghatak's brother was filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak. Her father, Manish Ghatak, was a poet and novelist of the Kallol movement, who used the pseudonym Jubanashwa ( Bengali: যুবনাশ্ব). Mahasweta Devi was born in a Brahmin family on in Dacca, British India (now Dhaka, Bangladesh). She was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award ( in Bengali), Jnanpith Award and Ramon Magsaysay Award along with India's civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan. She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people ( Lodha and Shabar) of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar. Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian writer in Bengali and an activist. Devi at the Ramon Magsaysay Award ceremony (1997)
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