Dhaka: Acclaimed writer and social activist Mahasweta Devi died on Thursday afternoon while undergoing treatment in a Kolkata hospital. She was 90, reports NDTV.

She was admitted into a private hospital over two months ago and died of multiple organ failure, reports India Today.

Her condition had deteriorated this week and she was put on life support.

She had been suffering from kidney and lung ailments, besides blood and urinary tract infections.

Doctors said that she had been responding to treatment last week but her condition worsened again on Monday, following which she had been continually kept on ventilation support.

Mahasweta Devi was well known for her dedicated work for the development of tribal and indigenous people across India.

She was awarded Ramon Magsaysay award and Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, among others for her notable works.

She also won the Sahitya Akademi and Jnanpith awards for literary excellence.

Daughter of famous writer Manish Ghatak, Mahasweta Devi was born in Dhaka in 1926. She grew up and passed her early days in Dhaka. Her family quit Dhaka following the partition of Bangla in 1947. She later completed her education in Shantinikatan.

After completion of master’s degree in English literature, she joined teaching job in a college. She married famous playwright Bijan Bhattarjee. Her only child Nabarun Bhattacharjee was another legendary writer and poet of Bangla literature. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 66.

In her long political career, she worked for working class woman and tribal people.

Lately, she was leading a movement against the industrial policy of the West Bengal government in India.

She was also engaged in the movements of landless people.

Her writings include, the Queen of Jhansi; Hajar Churashir Maa (1975); Aranyer Adhikar (1977);

Agnigarbha (1978); Chotti Munda evam Tar Tir (1980); Dhowli; Bashai Tudu; Titu Mir; Draupadi; and Dakatey Kahini.