Prasannamoyee Devi

Prasannamoyee Devi
Native name
প্রসন্নময়ী দেবী
Born(1856-09-29)29 September 1856
Haripur, Pabna District, Mughal Empire
Died25 October 1939(1939-10-25) (aged 83)
OccupationPoet, travel writer and memoirist
Literary movementBengal Renaissance
Notable worksAryavarta: Janaika Bangamahilar Bhraman Brittanta (1888)
ChildrenPriyamvada Devi
RelativesPramatha Chaudhuri (brother)
Kumudnath Chaudhuri (brother)

Prasannamoyee Devi (Bengali: প্রসন্নময়ী দেবী, née Chaudhuri, 29 September 1856 – 25 October 1939) was a Bengali poet, travel writer and memoirist of the Bengali Renaissance period. Her work Aryavarta: Janaika Bangamahilar Bhraman Brittanta (1888) was the first published travel account of India by a Bengali woman.

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