Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016)
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About the Author
Mahasweta Devi was born in what is now in Bangladesh on January 14, 1926. She received a B.A. in English from Vishvabharati University and an M.A. in English from Calcutta University. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a journalist and an English professor. During her lifetime, she mostrar mais wrote almost 100 novels and over 20 short story collections, primarily written in Bengali. Her first book, Jhansi'r Rani (The Queen of Jhansi), was published in 1956. Her other novels included Mother of 1084 and The Occupation of the Forest. She was the author behind the Hindi films Rudaali and Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa. She was also an activist who immersed herself in the lives of India's poor and marginalized as she chronicled their lives in fiction. In 1997, she received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for her writing and activism on behalf of tribal communities. She died from a heart attack and multiple organ failure on July 28, 2016 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras por Mahasweta Devi
হাজার চুরাশির মা 6 exemplares
Dust on the Road 4 exemplares
Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay 2 exemplares
Draupadi 2 exemplares
Baniya-Bahu 1 exemplar
HERO-EK BLOO PRINT 1 exemplar
Dust on the Road 1 exemplar
"Breast-Giver" 1 exemplar
[ The Queen of Jhansi [ THE QUEEN OF JHANSI ] By Devi, Mahasweta ( Author )Jul-15-2010 Hardcover (2010) 1 exemplar
Hajar Churashir Maa 1 exemplar
নীল ছবি 1 exemplar
JATAK KAHINI 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Other Voices, Other Vistas: Short Stories from Africa, China, India, Japan, and Latin America (1992) — Contribuidor — 187 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- মহাশ্বেতা ভট্টাচার্য
- Data de nascimento
- 1926-01-14
- Data de falecimento
- 2016-07-28
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- Bengal
- Local de nascimento
- Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Local de falecimento
- Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Causa da morte
- heart attack
- Ocupações
- writer
social activist - Prémios e menções honrosas
- Ramon Magsaysay Award (1997)
Membros
Críticas
1084ven Ki Maan
It is a privilege to read Mahashwetha Devi's works. I am no one to review it. But, for the record saving the entry.
Great window into Indian tribal life. The stories are as insightful as Gayatri Spivak's (many!) supplementary texts enclosed within.
Une artiste oubliée, une mère dont les filles ont été vendues par leur père, une autre impuissante devant sa fille malnutrie, une vieille femme perd la vue, une jeune fille change de caste par amour. Autant d'histoires de femmes fortes et battantes qui reflètent la réalité sociale de l'Inde contemporaine.
This is a historical novel depicting the adivasi struggle (one of the aboriginal tribes) of north east in the twentieth century. The novel was originally written in Bengali and later translated in English by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
The central character is Chotti Munda born in the year 1900 in Chotti village in the state of Bihar. The struggle of the adivasis and the untouchables during the British rule, the lack of compassion and understanding by the government pre independence, the unrelenting exploitation by the landlords and contractors seeking cheap labour and the cruelty by the Indian government and its agents post independence is beautifully depicted here.
Chotti as a representative of the adivasis suffers many atrocities like seeing his father hang himself after being humiliated by the landlord, his son going to jail for petty crime and he being linked to the Naxalite struggle.
A touching story of the adivasi tribe in India.… (mais)
The central character is Chotti Munda born in the year 1900 in Chotti village in the state of Bihar. The struggle of the adivasis and the untouchables during the British rule, the lack of compassion and understanding by the government pre independence, the unrelenting exploitation by the landlords and contractors seeking cheap labour and the cruelty by the Indian government and its agents post independence is beautifully depicted here.
Chotti as a representative of the adivasis suffers many atrocities like seeing his father hang himself after being humiliated by the landlord, his son going to jail for petty crime and he being linked to the Naxalite struggle.
A touching story of the adivasi tribe in India.… (mais)
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- Obras
- 52
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 424
- Popularidade
- #57,554
- Avaliação
- 3.7
- Críticas
- 5
- ISBN
- 58
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- 7
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- 1