Chitra Deb
{{Short description|Bengali novelist and editor}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Chitra Deb
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1943|11|24}}
| birth_place = Purnea
| death_date = {{Death date|df=yes|2017|10|2}}
| death_place = Kolkata
| occupation = Author
| nationality = Indian
| notableworks = Thakurbarir Andarmahal
| spouse = unmarried
| children =
| awards = Chittaranjan Bandopadhyay birth centenary award
}}
Chitra Deb (24 November 1943 — 2 October 2017) was a Bengali novelist and editor.
Early life
Deb was born in 1943 in Purnea, British India. She completed her M.A and Ph.D. in Bengali Literature from Calcutta University.{{Cite web|url=https://penguin.co.in/author/chitra-deb/|title=Chitra Deb|access-date=1 June 2023|publisher=Penguin India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328204245/http://penguin.co.in/author/chitra-deb/|archive-date=28 March 2017|url-status=dead}}
Literary career
Smt. Deb started her career in Anandabazar Patrika and worked there since 1980 to 2004. She was the in charge of library section of the ABP. Deb has edited and translated a number of books and also has a few historical novels for children to her credit. She has researched and written extensively on the contribution of women in the social and cultural history of Bengal. Deb's most popular work related with Women of The Tagore Household.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvU6CwAAQBAJ&dq=Chitra+Deb+novelist+died&pg=PT57|title=Women of The Tagore Household|last=Chitra Deb|date=6 April 2010|isbn=9789352141876|access-date=25 April 2018}} Her book Thakurbarir Andarmahal was published in 1980 which was awarded by Bangla Academy and translated into many languages.{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tagores-we-didnt-know-about/articleshow/5906382.cms|title=Tagores we didn't know about|newspaper=The Times of India|date=8 May 2010 |access-date=25 April 2018}} She also received 'Chittaranjan Bandopadhyay birth centenary award' by Bangiya Sahitya Parisad. Her books are namely:
- Thakurbarir Andarmahal
- Thakurbarir Bahirmahal
- Bibahobasorer Kabyokatha
- Antopurer Atmokotha
- Mahila Daktar
- Vingraher Basinda
- Apon Kheyale Cholen Raja
- Rupobotir Mala
- Bharater Rani
- Buddhodeb Keman Dekhte Chilen
- Advut Jato Hatir Galpo
- Siddhidatar Antordhan
Death
Deb was suffered in Myasthenia gravis disease. She died on 2 October 2017 in Kolkata.{{Cite web|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/chitra-dev-dies-1.683793|title=প্রয়াত চিত্রা দেব|website=anandabazar.com|access-date=25 April 2018}}
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Category:Bengali-language writers
Category:Women writers from West Bengal
Category:20th-century Indian women writers
Category:Indian women novelists
Category:Novelists from West Bengal
Category:20th-century Indian biographers
Category:Indian women non-fiction writers