Nirupama Devi | |
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| Born | Nirupama Devi 5 May 1883 |
| Died | 7 January 1951 (aged 67) |
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 | |
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| Born | Nirupama Devi 5 May 1883 |
| Died | 7 January 1951 (aged 67) |
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.[2]
In 2013, Swapna Dutta writes for The Hindu that Nirupama Devi was an author who "wrote fearlessly about the social ills of the time: polygamy, forced marriages, dowry-related torture, and the heartbreak of widowhood or of being discarded by the husband for no fault of theirs," "wrote about society’s ruthless attitude to widows who dared to fall in love and, most of all, the utter helplessness of women in a male-dominated world," and "told the stories from a woman's perspective."[3]
Uchchhrinkhal was her first novel. Her other works include:
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.
