the Government of India 2007: SAARC Literary Award 2009: Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2010: Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2011: Banga Bibhushan – the highest civilian award from the Government of West Bengal 2012: Nominated for Nobel Prize for Literature 2014 : Mamoni Raisom Goswami National Award for Literature constituted by Asam Sahitya Sabha and sponsored by Numaligarh Refinery Ltd., Assam [data collected from Dr. Bindubhushan borah fb post] On 14 January 2018, Google honored Mahasweta Devi on her 92nd birth anniversary, celebrating her work by creating a doodle on her. Major works Devi's major works include: Jhansi Rani (1956, biography) The Queen of Jhansi, by Mahasweta Devi (translated by Sagaree and Mandira Sengupta). This book is a reconstruction of the life of Rani Lakshmi Bai from extensive research of both historical documents (collected mostly by G. C. Tambe, grandson of the Queen) and folk tales, poetry and oral tradition; the original in Bengali was published in 1956; the English translation by Seagull Books, Calcutta, 2000, Hajar Churashir Maa (1974, novel, Mother of 1084) Aranyer Adhikar (1979, novel Right to the Forest) Agnigarbha (1978, short stories collection) Murti (1979, short stories collection) Neerete Megh (1979, short stories collection) Stanyadayani (1980, short stories collection) Chotti Munda Ebong Tar Tir (1980, short stories collection) Film adaptations Sunghursh (1968), Hindi film based on short story Layli Asmaner Ayna Rudaali (1993) Bayen (Hindi) (1993) a film based on Short story Directed by Gul Bahar singh Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998) Maati Maay (2006), Marathi film based on short story Baayen Gangor (2010), Italian film based on short story Choli Ke Peeche Ullas (Bengali film based on three short stories— Daur, Mahadu Ekti Rupkatha and Anna Aranya) directed by Ishwar Chakraborty, released in 2012. In popular culture Mahananda, a Bengali film based on her life and works, directed by acclaimed director Arindam Sil was released in 2022. Gargi Roychowdhury essayed the titular role in the film. See also List of Indian writers References Biography External links Mahasweta Devi: Witness, Advocate, Writer – A film on Mahasweta Devi by Shashwati Talukdar The Rediff Interview/Mahasweta Devi 1926 births 2016 deaths Writers from Kolkata Bengali Hindus Indian women activists Indian human rights activists Bengali writers Bengali-language writers Women writers from West Bengal Visva-Bharati University alumni University of Calcutta alumni Academic staff of the University of Calcutta Recipients of the Padma Shri in social work Recipients of