Mahasweta Devi

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1996 Jnanpith Award recipient Mahasweta Devi

Mahasweta Devi

Indian writer and activist

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Jnanpith Award
Awardees
…Hindi), Qurratulain Hyder (1989; Urdu), Mahasweta Devi (1996; Bengali), Indira Goswami (2000; Assamese), Pratibha Ray (2011; Odia), and Krishna Sobti (2017; Hindi)—have been recipients of the award. Amitav Ghosh, who won the award in 2018, became the first writer in English to receive it.
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…Hindi), Qurratulain Hyder (1989; Urdu), Mahasweta Devi (1996; Bengali), Indira Goswami (2000; Assamese), Pratibha Ray (2011; Odia), and Krishna Sobti (2017; Hindi)—have been recipients of the award. Amitav Ghosh, who won the award in 2018, became the first writer in English to receive it.
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