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Noted writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi passes away in Kolkata


Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, July 28, 2016: Veteran writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi breathed her last in Kolkata on Thursday. She was 90.

 

Mahasweta Devi.


Early reports suggest that the  Ramon Magsaysay Award winner died of multiple-organ failure. The 90-year-old suffered from various ailments and was put on non-invasive ventilation earlier in July after her condition worsened.

The writer, who was honoured with the Jnanpith Award in 1996, had been undergoing treatment at a hospital for about two months.


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