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Mahasweta Devi
Sign in to saveIndian Bengali fiction writer and socio-political activist (1926-2016)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Ways of Dying
- Breast stories
- Rudali
- Bait Four Stories
- After Kurukshetra ; Three Stories
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- London
Discography
- Nobody2015
- Pound Cake2016
- Stroke2016
- Next To Me2017
- You & Me2017
- Trap Pop2020
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4
- Total plays
- 11
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Grad-CAM: Visual Explanations from Deep Networks via Gradient-Based Localization
· 2017 · cited 18,708x
- Grad-CAM: Visual Explanations from Deep Networks via Gradient-Based Localization
· 2019 · cited 5,560x
- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,495x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- CIDEr: Consensus-based image description evaluation
· 2015 · cited 3,384x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1926-01-14 ) 14 January 1926, Dacca , Bengal Presidency , British India
- Died
- 28 July 2016 (2016-07-28) (aged 90), Kolkata , West Bengal, India
- Alma mater
- Visva-Bharati University , University of Calcutta
- Occupations
- Writer, activist
- Notable work
- Hajar Churashir Maa , (Mother of 1084), Aranyer Adhikar , (The Right of the Forest), Titu Mir
- Spouse s
- Bijon Bhattacharya (1947–1962), Asit Gupta (1965–1976)
- Children
- Nabarun Bhattacharya
- Relatives
- Manish Ghatak (father), Ritwik Ghatak (uncle)
- Awards
- Padma Vibhushan , Padma Shri , Sahitya Akademi Award , Ramon Magsaysay Award , Jnanpith Award
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mahasweta Devi ( Bengali pronunciation: [mɔhaʃːeta debi]; 14 January 1926 – 28 July 2016) was an Indian Bengali language writer and activist. Her notable literary works include Hajar Churashir Maa, Rudali, and Aranyer Adhikar. She was a leftist who worked for the rights and empowerment of the tribal people (Lodha and Shabar) of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India. She was honoured with various literary awards such as the Sahitya Akademi Award (in Bengali), Jnanpith Award and Ramon Magsaysay Award along with India's civilian awards Padma Shri and Padma Vibhushan.
Early life and education
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