Radharani Devi
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Radharani Devi | |
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| Born | 13 November 1903 |
| Died | 9 September 1989 (aged 85) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Occupation | Writer, poet |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | Twentieth Century |
| Spouse | Satyendranath Dutta (first marriage) Narendra Deb (second marriage) |
| Children | Nabaneeta Dev Sen |
Radharani Devi (Bengali: রাধারাণী দেবী; 13 November 1903 – 9 September 1989) was one of the prominent Bengali women poets of the twentieth century.[1]
Her first published work was the short story Bimata (Step-Mother) which was published in Basumati in 1924. Her first essay was Purush (The Male) which was published in Kallol. Her first book of collected poems, Lilakamal was published in 1929.
She wrote her second book Buker Beena under the penname of Aparajita Devi. After that she penned her third book of poem collections Bono Bohogi and the forth one, Bichitra Rupini both under her real name.[1]
Devi was famous for her debate with Pramatha Chodhury in the Bengal writer's circuit Rabi Basar, where her enrolment as the first ever women member was initially opposed by Sarat Chandra Chattapadhyay but later was welcomed in the mediation of Jaladhar Sen. She was known to be fighting for women's rights in the Bengali literary arena during the twentieth century which was heavily dominated by males.[2]
