Arupa Kalita Patangia
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Arupa Kalita Patangia is a popular Assamese
novelist and an English literature teacher based in Darrang, Assam
, India
. She completed her graduation with English Honors from Debraj Roy College, Golaghat under Dibrugarh University. She is the author of over several novels and more than half a dozen short story collections. Her novels include Mriganabhi (1987),Ayananta Millenniumar Sapon (2002), Dawn: A Novel (translated by Ranjita Biswas, 2004), and The Invitation (translated by Arunabha Bhuyan). She is a well-known feminist voice of North-East India
though her voice has been muted in recent years.
She teaches English
literature at Tangla College and is published by Zuban Publication House, New Delhi
who brought out a translated version of her novel, Ayananta (Dawn), in English. She released a collection of her short-stories, Alekjaan Banur Jaan, at the 20th Guwahati Book Fair held at the Assam Engineering Institute Field in Chandmari.
Assamese people
The Assamese people are a well-defined subgroup of People of Assam. Though sometimes they are defined as the Assamese-speaking Indo-Aryans of the Brahmaputra valley,, this definition is not legally binding...
novelist and an English literature teacher based in Darrang, Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
, India
India
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. She completed her graduation with English Honors from Debraj Roy College, Golaghat under Dibrugarh University. She is the author of over several novels and more than half a dozen short story collections. Her novels include Mriganabhi (1987),Ayananta Millenniumar Sapon (2002), Dawn: A Novel (translated by Ranjita Biswas, 2004), and The Invitation (translated by Arunabha Bhuyan). She is a well-known feminist voice of North-East India
North-East India
Northeast India refers to the easternmost region of India consisting of the contiguous Seven Sister States, Sikkim, and parts of North Bengal...
though her voice has been muted in recent years.
She teaches English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
literature at Tangla College and is published by Zuban Publication House, New Delhi
New Delhi
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who brought out a translated version of her novel, Ayananta (Dawn), in English. She released a collection of her short-stories, Alekjaan Banur Jaan, at the 20th Guwahati Book Fair held at the Assam Engineering Institute Field in Chandmari.