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Ashapurna Devi

1909 - 1995

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ashapurna Devi is the 4,967th most popular writer (down from 3,292nd in 2019), the 670th most popular biography from India (down from 416th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ashapurna Devi ranks 4,967 out of 7,302. Before her are Juan de Mena, Feodor Gladkov, Boris Vasilyev, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Olavo Bilac, and Albert Mol. After her are Henry Monnier, Joseph Jacobs, Lalleshwari, René Bazin, Villy Sørensen, and Märta Tikkanen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Ashapurna Devi ranks 296. Before her are Shōhei Ōoka, Erik Persson, Severino Minelli, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Emmett Toppino, and Zoya Fyodorova. After her are Georges Verriest, Wilhelm Müller, Norris Bradbury, Jaú, Xie Fuzhi, and Godfrey Rampling. Among people deceased in 1995, Ashapurna Devi ranks 240. Before her are Madalyn Murray O'Hair, Vladimir Ivashov, Robert Stephens, Peter Grant, Boris Ponomarev, and Mary Wickes. After her are Jack Finney, Robert Parrish, Karl Warner, Burton Jastram, Ralph Kronig, and Aldo Gordini.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ashapurna Devi ranks 670 out of 1,861. Before her are Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), Dharamvir Bharati (1926), Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (1903), Manoj Bajpayee (1969), and Jamini Roy (1887). After her are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Govind Ballabh Pant (1887), Gautam Adani (1962), Wasim Sajjad (1941), N. T. Rama Rao (1923), and Chandramukhi Basu (1860).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Ashapurna Devi ranks 84. Before her are Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Suniti Kumar Chatterji (1890), Kamala Surayya (1934), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), and Dharamvir Bharati (1926). After her are Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (1887), Sarala Devi Chaudhurani (1872), Amitav Ghosh (1956), Raghunath Murmu (1905), Yashpal (1903), and Kedarnath Singh (1934).

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