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Maitreyi Devi

Maitreyi Devi was an Indian poet, composer, writer, novelist, activist and indologist (1914–1989). She was born at Chittagong and died at Kolkata.

Maitreyi Devi in brief

Born
1914
Died
1989
Known for
poet, composer, writer, novelist, activist and indologist
Place of birth
Chittagong
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Formation and teaching

Maitreyi Devi studied at University of Calcutta, Jogamaya Devi College, St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School and Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School.

Catalogued works

9 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1740 to 1979.

It Does Not Die ; A Romance and a Reminiscence. Mircea. It Does Not Die. John Thomlinson and His Family, dated 1745, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1956.130. Sir John Shaw and his Family in the Park at Eltham Lodge, Kent, dated 1761, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1951.206. Portrait of a Man, dated 1763, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1951.207. Thomas Lister and Family at Gisburne Park, dated 1740–41, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1951.203. Krishna and Sudama, dated 1979-1980, black ink on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2025.673. Kali, dated 1977, black and colored inks on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2025.670.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

3. Maitreyi Devi, Zarathustra's Sisters, 2003. Re-writing the Colonial Story in Mircea Eliade’s Maitreyi and Maitreyi Devi’s Na Hanyate, Theory in Action, 2013. Bengal Nights: A Novel. By Mircea Eliade. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. 176 pp. $9.95 (paper). - It Does Not Die: A Romance. By Maitreyi Devi. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. 264 pp. $10.95 (paper)., The Journal of Asian Studies, 1996.

In detail

Maitreyi Devi studied at University of Calcutta, Jogamaya Devi College and St. John's Diocesan Girls' Higher Secondary School. the recorded working language is Bangla and English.

Works named in the authority record are Na Hanyate.

Distinctions recorded are Padma Shri in literature and education and Sahitya Akademi Award.

Chronology

  1. 1914Maitreyi Devi born at Chittagong.
  2. 1989Maitreyi Devi died at Kolkata.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Maitreyi Devi”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q3579618: Maitreyi Devi

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