Nirupama Devi ( bn, নিরুপমা দেবী) (7 May 1883 – 7 January 1951) was a fiction writer from
Berhampore
Berhampore (, ) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. As of 2011 census, Berhampore urban agglomeration had a population of 305,609 and is the seventh largest city in West Bengal (after Kolkata, Asansol, Siliguri, D ...
in
Murshidabad district. Her literary pseudonym was ''Srimati Devi''.
Early life and education
Nirupama Devi's father was Nafar Chandra Bhatta who was a judicial employee. She was educated at home.
Critical reception
In 2013, Swapna Dutta writes for ''
The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
'' 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."
Works
Uchchhrinkhal was her first novel. Her other works include:
* Annapurnar Mandir (1913), a
same name film was made by
Naresh Mitra
Naresh Mitra (18 May 1888 – 1968) was a Bengali actor, director and screenwriter.
Career
Naresh Mitra was born in 1888 in Agartala, Tripura, British India. He studied law from the University of Calcutta. He started his acting career in 1922 i ...
in 1954.
* Didi (1915)
* Aleya (1917)
* Bidhilipi (1919)
* Shyamali (1919)
* Bandhu (1921)
* Amar Diary (1927)
* Yugantarer Katha (1940)
* Anukarsa (1941)
Awards and honours
Nirupama Devi received the 'Bhubanmohini Gold Medal' in 1938 and 'Jagattarini Gold Medal' in 1943 from the
University of Calcutta
The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...
in recognition of her contribution to literature.
See also
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References
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1883 births
1951 deaths
Indian women novelists
20th-century Indian novelists
Women writers from West Bengal
Novelists from West Bengal
People from Murshidabad district
20th-century Indian women writers