Nirupama Devi
Nirupama Devi (Bengali: নিরুপমা দেবী)(7 May 1883 – 7 January 1951)[1] was a fiction writer from Berhampore in Murshidabad district. Her literary pseudonym was Srimati Devi. Nirupama Devi's father was Nafar Chandra Bhatta who was a judicial employee. She was educated at home.
Works
Uchchhrnkhal was her first novel. Her other works include:
- Annapurnar Mandir (1913)
- Didi (1915) (considered to be her best novel)[2]
- Aleya (1917)
- Bidhilipi (1919)
- Shyamali (1919)
- Bandhu (1921)
- Amar Diary (1927)
- Yugantarer Katha (1940)
- Anukarsa (1941)
Accolades
Nirupama Devi received the 'Bhubanmohini Gold Medal' in 1938 and 'Jagattarini Gold Medal' in 1943 from the University of Calcutta in recognition of her contribution to literature.
References
- ↑ Women Writing in India: The twentieth century. Feminist Press at CUNY. 1993. p. 106. ISBN 9781558610293.
- ↑ Women Writing in India: 600 B.C. to the early twentieth century. Feminist Press at CUNY. 1991. p. 363. ISBN 9781558610279.
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