Mahasweta Devi

Mahasweta Devi was born on January 14, 1926 in Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India. She was a writer, known for Sunghursh (1968), Rudaali (1993) and Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998). She was married to Asit Gupta and Bijon Bhattacharya. She died on July 28, 2016 in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.