Ashapurna Devi, a prominent Bengali novelist and poet, was born in 1906 in Kolkata, India. She had a limited formal education, as her family prioritized marriage over schooling for girls during that era. However, her love for literature and storytelling flourished through self-study and the influence of a literary environment, leading her to become a prolific writer. Despite the constraints of her time, she developed a deep understanding of societal issues, which became central themes in her works.
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