Dutt, Toru (1856 - 1877)
| Short name | Dutt, Toru |
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| VIAF | http://viaf.org/viaf/39368652 |
| First name | Toru |
| Birth name | Dutt |
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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 , India , Nice , England |
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| Education | Higher education, School education |
| Aristocratic title | - |
| Professional or ecclesiastical title | - |
Dutt, Toru was ...
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| Place(s) of Residence | France , Cambridge , India , Nice , England |
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| A sheaf gleaned in French fields (1876) | 1 | 0 |
| Le journal de Mademoiselle d'Arvers (1879) | 1 | 0 |
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Receptions of Dutt, Toru, the person
For receptions of her works, see under each individual Work.
| Title | Author | Date | Type |
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| Harihar Das, portrait of Toru Dutt, 1921. | 1921 | is portrait of |
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".
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.