Mahasweta Devi

Writer

Date of birth : 01/14/1926

Date of death : 07/28/2016

City of birth : Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India

Mahasweta Devi was born on January 14, 1926 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India. She was a writer, known for Sunghursh (1968), Rudaali (1993) and Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998). She was married to Asit Gupta and Bijon Bhattacharya. She died on July 28, 2016 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.