| Short name |
Toru Dutt |
| VIAF |
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| First name |
Toru |
| Maiden name |
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| Married name |
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| Date of birth |
1856 |
| Date of death |
1877 |
| Flourishing |
- |
| Sex |
Female |
| Place of birth |
India |
| Place of death |
India |
| Lived in |
France
,
Cambridge (ENG)
,
India
,
Nice (FRA)
,
England
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| Place of residence notes |
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| Related to |
-
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| Bibliography |
MENTIONED IN: - Buck, Guide to women''s literature, 1992: "Pioneer in the field of women's writing at a time when few indian women put their thoughts on paper, let alone got them published". |
| Provisional Notes |
Place of birth and death: Calcutta (=Kolkata).
Family became Christian in 1862.
Went to French School in Nice (1869 - 1870), to London in 1870, and to Cambridge in 1871, where she and her sister attended "Higher Lectures for Women."
Spoke Bengali, French, English and Sanskrit.
Died of consumption three years after her sister died of the same illness.
Translated the Hindu classics, published in French and English. |