Ashapoorna Devi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
About Ashapoorna Devi
- Ashapoorna Devi (8 January 1909 – 13 July 1995) also Ashapurna Debi or Asha Purna Devi, was a prominent Bengali novelist and poet.
- She has been widely honoured with a number of prizes and awards.
- In 1976, she was awarded Jnanpith Award and the 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 Deshikottama in 1989.
- For her contribution as a novelist and short story writer, the Sahitya Akademi conferred its highest honour, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, in 1994.
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