"Saddened at the passing away of noted litterateur and academic Nabaneeta Dev Sen. A recipient of several awards, her absence will be felt by her myriad students and well-wishers. My condolences to her family and admirers," she wrote on Twitter. Born to poet-couple Narendranath Dev and Radharani Devi in Kolkata on January 13, 1938, Dev Sen graduated from the Presidency College.

Dev Sen married Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen in 1958. They got divorced in 1976. Amartya Sen told a Bengali TV channel from abroad, "I had contacts with her. She had great human qualities being a multi-faceted personality." Economist Abhijit Binayak Banerjee, who won the Nobel Prize this year, had visited Dev Sen at her residence during his short stay in the city last month. He called her 'Masi'.

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"She was such a loveable personality. Her absence will be missed by those who were fortunate enough to come close to her," Banerjee, who used to visit Dev Sen during her visit to Boston, told the TV channel from the US. Author Sirshendu Mukhopadhyay said, "I am shocked after hearing the news. I lost a great friend." The Presidency Alumni Association, of which Dev Sen was the president, said in a statement, "We convey our deepest condolences at the sad demise of Nabaneeta Dev Sen, beloved President of Presidency Alumni Association. She was the first woman president of alumni association."

Jadavpur University Teachers' Association, where Dev Sen had taught for more than two decades, said in a statement "We have lost our guardian." She used to take great interest in the academic affairs of the institute, JUTA recalled.

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