paragraph of mahaswata devi
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Mahasweta Devi born in 1926 in city of Dhaka in East Bengal.
During adolescent she and her family moved to West Bengal.
Born in an educated family she was influenced by association with Gananatya a group who tried to outbreak social and political theater to rural villages in WB in that era.
After completing MA in English literature from Calcutta University and afterwards she starts working as teacher and journalist.
Her first book i.e. Jhansir Rani published in 1956.
That work also demarketed beginning of prolific literary career.
Last 40 years Devi published twenty collections of short stories and hundred novels in her native language of Bengali.
She has been a regular contributor to many literary magazines as Bortika a journal dedicated to cause of oppressed communities within India.
In 1984 she retired from job as an English lecturer at Calcutta university to concentrate on writing.
She resides and works in Calcutta WB.