Their son Nabarun, who passed away in 2014, was also a well-known poet and novelist who won the Sahitya Akademi award. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee condoled her death and said the country has lost a great writer. Awarded the Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith awards for literary excellence, Devi helped tribals and the rural dispossessed in organising themselves in groups so that they could take up development activities in their own areas. We tried our level best, but suddenly her condition became very bad and at 3.16pm she passed away,” he said. Other notable works of the prolific writer include Chotti Munda 0 Tar Teer (Chotti and His Arrow, 1979), Subhaga Basanta (1980) and Sidhu Kanhur Daakey (1981).

Source: Mint July 28, 2016 12:33 UTC