Mahasweta Devi
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Mahasweta Devi was a renowned Indian writer and social activist known for her powerful Bengali fiction highlighting the struggles and rights of marginalized and tribal communities.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mahasweta Devi canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1436680 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahasweta Devi Context triple: [Bengali literature, hasNotableAuthor, Mahasweta Devi]
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A.
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist best known for her Booker Prize–winning novel "The God of Small Things" and her outspoken political commentary on social and environmental justice.
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B.
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Nabaneeta Dev Sen was a prominent Indian Bengali writer, poet, and academic known for her contributions to contemporary Bengali literature and feminist thought.
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C.
Shyamala Gopalan
Shyamala Gopalan was an Indian-born cancer researcher and civil rights activist best known as the mother of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
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D.
Anita Desai
Anita Desai is an acclaimed Indian novelist and short story writer known for her psychologically rich portrayals of Indian life and for being shortlisted multiple times for the Booker Prize.
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E.
Jibanananda Das
Jibanananda Das was a seminal 20th-century Bengali poet whose modernist, introspective verse profoundly reshaped Bengali literature and continues to influence South Asian poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mahasweta Devi Target entity description: Mahasweta Devi was a renowned Indian writer and social activist known for her powerful Bengali fiction highlighting the struggles and rights of marginalized and tribal communities.
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A.
Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is an Indian author and activist best known for her Booker Prize–winning novel "The God of Small Things" and her outspoken political commentary on social and environmental justice.
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B.
Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Nabaneeta Dev Sen was a prominent Indian Bengali writer, poet, and academic known for her contributions to contemporary Bengali literature and feminist thought.
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C.
Shyamala Gopalan
Shyamala Gopalan was an Indian-born cancer researcher and civil rights activist best known as the mother of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
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D.
Anita Desai
Anita Desai is an acclaimed Indian novelist and short story writer known for her psychologically rich portrayals of Indian life and for being shortlisted multiple times for the Booker Prize.
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E.
Jibanananda Das
Jibanananda Das was a seminal 20th-century Bengali poet whose modernist, introspective verse profoundly reshaped Bengali literature and continues to influence South Asian poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essayist
ⓘ
human ⓘ novelist ⓘ short story writer ⓘ social activist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Bangla Academy Literary Award
ⓘ
surface form:
Bangla Akademi Award
Jnanpith Award ⓘ Padma Shri ⓘ Padma Vibhushan ⓘ Ramon Magsaysay Award ⓘ Sahitya Akademi Award ⓘ |
| birthName | Mahasweta Devi self-link ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | cardiac arrest ⓘ |
| child | Nabarun Bhattacharya ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1926-01-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-07-28 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Santiniketan
ⓘ
surface form:
Rabindranath Tagore-founded Patha Bhavana, Santiniketan
University of Calcutta ⓘ Visva-Bharati University ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Bengali literature
ⓘ
Dalit literature ⓘ tribal rights activism ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
novels
ⓘ
political fiction ⓘ short stories ⓘ social realism ⓘ |
| influenced |
Dalit and subaltern studies discourse
ⓘ
contemporary Indian feminist writing ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for Adivasi and tribal rights
ⓘ
depicting struggles of marginalized communities ⓘ |
| languageOfExpression | Bengali ⓘ |
| movement |
Naxalite movement (supporter and chronicler)
ⓘ
tribal rights movement in India ⓘ |
| name | Mahasweta Devi self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Agnigarbha
ⓘ
Aranyer Adhikar ⓘ Breast Stories ⓘ Chotti Munda and His Arrow ⓘ Draupadi ⓘ Hajar Churashir Maa ⓘ Rudali ⓘ The Book of the Hunter ⓘ |
| occupation |
academic
ⓘ
journalist ⓘ social activist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
ⓘ
Dhaka ⓘ
surface form:
Dhaka, Bangladesh
|
| placeOfDeath | Kolkata, West Bengal, India ⓘ |
| politicalView | leftist ⓘ |
| religion | Hinduism ⓘ |
| residence | Kolkata, West Bengal, India ⓘ |
| spouse | Bijon Bhattacharya ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Mahasweta Devi Description of subject: Mahasweta Devi was a renowned Indian writer and social activist known for her powerful Bengali fiction highlighting the struggles and rights of marginalized and tribal communities.
Referenced by (8)
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