Begum Rokeya
Bengali author, educator, political activist, and feminist
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Bengali literature
- In Bengali literature: Women writers
Begum Rokeya (1880–1932) was a prominent educator, political activist, and feminist thinker as well as an author and is considered a pioneer of women’s liberation in pre-partition Bengal. Ashapurna Devi (1909–95) was noted for her socially conscious and feminist writing. Mahasweta Devi (1926–2016) was acclaimed…
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