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Name
  
Nirupama Devi

Died
  
January 7, 1951

Movies
  
Shyamali

Role
  
Writer

Parents
  
Nafar Chandra Bhatta

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Nirupama Devi (Bengali: নিরুপমা দেবী)(7 May 1883 – 7 January 1951) 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.

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Works

Uchchhrnkhal was her first novel. Her other works include:

  • Annapurnar Mandir (1913)
  • Didi (1915) (considered to be her best novel)
  • 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

    Nirupama Devi Wikipedia