 She has also received Rabindra Puraskar, Kabir Samman, Samskriti Award, Kamal Kumari National Award (2004), Mystic Kalinga Literary Award (2017), and the Big Little Book Award for children's literature in 2017, when the award focused on Bengali writing.She was awarded the Padma Shri (2000), the fourth highest civilian award by the Government of India.She died on 7 November 2019 in Kolkata following cancer.