Maitreyi Devi Si Mircea Eliade
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Maitreyi devi si mircea eliade. Precocious a poet a philosopher s daughter maitreyi devi was sixteen years old in 1930 when mircea eliade came to calcutta to study with her father. Originally published in romanian in 1933 this semiautobiographical novel by the world renowned scholar mircea eliade details the passionate awakenings of alain an ambitious young french engineer flush with colonial pride and prejudice and full of a european fascination with the mysterious subcontinent. 3 92 rating details 2 138 ratings 103 reviews. Nascut in 13 martie 1907 la bucuresti mircea eliade a intalnit o pe maitreyi devi in india cand el avea 23 de ani si ea doar 16.
Bengal nights is a semi autobiographical piece of literature based around the time eliade spent in calcutta at surendranath dasgupta maitreyi devi s father s house the book explores in detail eliad s affair with maitreyi devi and their sexual relations and then eventually being kicked out of das house after discovering the affair between him and maitreyi devi. Maitreyi devi was sixteen years old in 1930 the year mircea eliade then twenty three came to calcutta to study with her father. Over forty years passed before devi read bengal nights eliade s fictionalized account of their romance it does not die is devi s response. She was also the basis for the main character in romanian writer mircea eliade s 1933 novel bengal nights.
More than forty years passed before devi read bengal nights the novel eliade had fashioned out of their encounter only to find small details and phrases even her given name bringing back episodes and feelings she had sp.