Mahasweta Devi

Mahasweta Devi was an Indian writer and activist who wrote in Bengali. Her notable works include Rudali, Aranyer Adhikar and Mother of 1084, and her books also include Breast Stories, Imaginary Maps and Chotti Munda and His Arrow. She worked for the rights of the Lodha and Shabar tribal peoples of West Bengal, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Over her career she received the Jnanpith Award, the Sahitya Akademi Award and the Ramon Magsaysay Award.