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Nabaneeta Dev Sen

1938 - 2019

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Nabaneeta Dev Sen (Nôbonita Deb Sen; 13 January 1938 – 7 November 2019) was an Indian writer and academic. After studying arts and comparative literature, she moved to the United States where she studied further. She returned to India and taught at several universities and institutes as well as serving in various positions in literary institutes. She published more than 80 books in Bengali: poetry, novels, short stories, plays, literary criticism, personal essays, travelogues, humour writing, translations and children's literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nabaneeta Dev Sen is the 6,408th most popular writer (down from 6,359th in 2019), the 951st most popular biography from India (down from 905th in 2019) and the 120th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among writers, Nabaneeta Dev Sen ranks 6,408 out of 7,302. Before her are Joanna Baillie, Renate Dorrestein, Sonja Åkesson, Joel Barlow, Kamel Daoud, and Reginald Hill. After her are Alan Hollinghurst, William Empson, Robert Cormier, Michel Faber, Oles Buzina, and Denise Levertov.

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Among people born in 1938, Nabaneeta Dev Sen ranks 574. Before her are John Dean, Robert Hughes, Lagumot Harris, Mary Jo Catlett, Hampton Fancher, and Angus MacLise. After her are Peter Westbury, Dawn Wells, Kathy Kirby, Eduard Ivanov, Maxine Waters, and Aldo Valentini. Among people deceased in 2019, Nabaneeta Dev Sen ranks 538. Before her are Susan Bernard, Pablo Larios, Juan José Muñante, John Singleton, Sergey Dorenko, and Sprent Dabwido. After her are Gert Frank, Lina Cheryazova, Caroll Spinney, Paul Sauvage, Harald Nickel, and Charalambos Cholidis.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nabaneeta Dev Sen ranks 951 out of 1,861. Before her are Zareen Khan (1987), Lalita Pawar (1916), Sunil Chhetri (1984), Arvind Swamy (1970), Sonal Mansingh (1944), and Sugata Mitra (1952). After her are Anupam Tripathi (1988), Zohra Sehgal (1912), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), Bhanu Athaiya (1929), Pratima Barua Pandey (1934), and R. K. Laxman (1921).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Nabaneeta Dev Sen ranks 120. Before her are Sarojini Sahoo (1956), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Ruskin Bond (1934), Mah Laqa Bai (1768), Vikram Seth (1952), and Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907). After her are Rohinton Mistry (1952), Sahir Ludhianvi (1921), Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Nambi Narayanan (1941), Kaifi Azmi (1919), and Nayantara Sahgal (1927).

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