Ashapurna Devi

Known for: Writer
Date of birth: 1970. January 1.
Place of birth: Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India [now India]

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...