Aranyer Adhikar

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Aranyer Adhikar
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Author Mahasweta Devi
Original titleঅরণ্যের অধিকার
CountryIndia
LanguageBengali
GenreNovel
Published1977

Aranyer Adhikar (Rights over the Forest, first published 1977) is a Bengali novel written by Mahasweta Devi. [1] For this novel Mahasweta Devi received Sahitya Akademi Award in 1979. [2] The novel narrates the life and fight of Indian tribal freedom fighter Birsa Munda. [3]

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  3. G. N. Devy (2002). Indian Literary Criticism: Theory and Interpretation. Orient Blackswan. pp. 224–. ISBN   978-81-250-2022-6.