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Chandravati

1550 –1600

Poet

Lived 50 years

Born in
Mymensingh
Passed away in
Mymensingh

Chandrabati (Bengali: চন্দ্রাবতী) was a medieval Bengali poet, widely considered as the first known female poet of Bengali language. She is best known for writing the Bengali version of the ancient epic Ramayana from a woman's perspective.

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandravati_(poet)