WRITER

Mahasweta Devi

1926 - 2016

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Mahasweta Devi (14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian Bengali language writer and activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar. 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mahasweta Devi is the 2,975th most popular writer (down from 2,851st in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Bangladesh (up from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mahasweta Devi ranks 2,975 out of 7,302. Before her are Drago Jančar, Sergei Nilus, Pierre Souvestre, Fatma Aliye Topuz, Fumiko Hayashi, and Salimbene di Adam. After her are Marija Jurić Zagorka, Abraham Goldfaden, Robert de Nola, Dracontius, Tom Sharpe, and Willibald Pirckheimer.

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Among people born in 1926, Mahasweta Devi ranks 200. Before her are Wolfgang Iser, Michael Bond, Georges Lautner, Klaus Tennstedt, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, and Ricardo María Carles Gordó. After her are Choi Eun-hee, Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Anne McCaffrey, Vitaly Vorotnikov, Moshe Sanbar, and Bernard Agré. Among people deceased in 2016, Mahasweta Devi ranks 202. Before her are Georges Cottier, Susannah Mushatt Jones, Patty Duke, David Huddleston, Émile Derlin Zinsou, and Arthur Hiller. After her are Yūko Tsushima, Fazil Iskander, Scotty Moore, Nina Ponomaryova, Bernard Fox, and Ramón Castro Ruz.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi ranks 20 out of 74. Before her are Sri Chinmoy (1931), Ziaur Rahman (1936), Iajuddin Ahmed (1931), Anandamayi Ma (1896), Khawaja Nazimuddin (1894), and Meghnad Saha (1893). After her are Radhabinod Pal (1886), Begum Rokeya (1880), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), Bipin Chandra Pal (1858), and Chittaranjan Das (1869).

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Among WRITERS In Bangladesh

Among writers born in Bangladesh, Mahasweta Devi ranks 2. Before her are Sri Chinmoy (1931). After her are Begum Rokeya (1880), Chittaranjan Das (1869), Taslima Nasrin (1962), Kamini Roy (1864), Humayun Ahmed (1948), Ahmed Sofa (1943), Sufia Kamal (1911), Shankha Ghosh (1932), Avijit Roy (1972), and Mamunul Haque (1973).

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