# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nalini-prava-deka
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:00:08.986Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nalini-prava-deka"
name: "Nalini Prava Deka"
slug: "nalini-prava-deka"
description: "Nalini Prava Deka was an author, poet, storyteller, actress and playwright from Assam, a state in India encompassing the Brahmaputra Valley. She was honoured at a 2012 gathering in Ledo by the Assam Sahitya Sabha. Deka promoted Assamese heritage, traditional customs, weaving and fabric art, cooking and folk music with her husband, Bhabananda Deka. They researched traditional Assamese lifestyle, art, literature and culture. Deka was the first female editor and publisher of a children's magazine, Phul (Flower), and wrote 30 critically praised books. All India Radio broadcast Deka's radio plays on issues related to women and children."
tagline: "Indian writer (1944–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nalini_Prava_Deka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-03-11"
deathDate: "2014-06-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.868610666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump