
Ashapurna Devi (8 January 1909 – 12 July 1995), also Ashapoorna Devi or Ashapurna Debi, was a prominent Indian novelist and poet in Bengali. In 1976, she was awarded the Jnanpith Award and 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.

January 01, 1965

June 06, 2002

July 10, 1953

June 07, 1984

August 09, 1963

September 03, 1954

January 01, 1967

September 18, 1964

January 01, 1962

October 28, 2020

May 07, 1954

December 28, 1956

May 29, 1959

February 11, 1971

May 02, 1990