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Date of Birth
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08-January-1909
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Place of Birth
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Kolkata
(India, West Bengal, Kolkata district)
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Nationality
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India
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Also know as
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ĀśÄpÅ«rá¹‡Ä DebÄ«, Ashapurna Debi, Ashapoorna Debi, Smt. Asha Poorna Devi, Asha Purna Devi, Ashapurna Devi
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Profession
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Writer, Poet, Screenwriter
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Ashapoorna Devi, also Ashapurna Debi or Asha Purna Devi, is a prominent Bengali novelist and poet. She was born in 8 January 1909. She has been widely honoured with a number of prizes and awards. She was awarded 1976 Jnanpith Award and the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1976; D.Litt by the Universities of Jabalpur, Rabindra Bharati, Burdwan and Jadavpur. Vishwa Bharati University honoured her with Deshikottama in 1989. For her contribution as a novelist and short story writer, the Sahitya Akademi conferred its highest honour, the Fellowship, in 1994. She died in 1995.
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