Dhrubajyoti Bora
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Dhrubajyoti Bora is an Assamese writer based in Guwahati and is a doctor by profession. A literary career spanning around three decades, he has published many critically acclaimed works of non-fiction and fiction. He also write travelogue
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. He has published novels these are Kalantarar Gadya (Prose of Tempest), Tejor Andhar(Darkness of Blood) and Arth (Meaning), a trilogy based on tragedy of Assam have been acknowledged as major literary creations. His major non-fiction work includes a monograph on the medieval peasant struggle (Moamoria Uprising) of Assam, a study of the development of the Assamese
language. He has written on history and social issues and literature. His books on the history of the Second World War, the French Revolution and a two volume on the Russian Revolution are the first books in Assamese. His fictions are translated into Hindi, English
, Bengali
, Malayalam
and Bodo
. Katha Ratnakar (2007) is based on the situation of dalits in Assam
and the lives of kaivartyas.
He edits the academic research quarterly Yaatra : The Journal of Assamese Literature and Culture. He is now working as a Principal of Jorhat Medical College.
Travelogue
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Career
He is one of the most powerful voices in contemporary Assamese literatureAssamese literature
Assamese literature is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes popular ballads in the older forms of the language during its evolution to the contemporary form. The literary heritage of the Assamese language can...
. He has published novels these are Kalantarar Gadya (Prose of Tempest), Tejor Andhar(Darkness of Blood) and Arth (Meaning), a trilogy based on tragedy of Assam have been acknowledged as major literary creations. His major non-fiction work includes a monograph on the medieval peasant struggle (Moamoria Uprising) of Assam, a study of the development of the Assamese
Assamese language
Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...
language. He has written on history and social issues and literature. His books on the history of the Second World War, the French Revolution and a two volume on the Russian Revolution are the first books in Assamese. His fictions are translated into Hindi, 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...
, Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...
, Malayalam
Malayalam language
Malayalam , is one of the four major Dravidian languages of southern India. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India with official language status in the state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Pondicherry. It is spoken by 35.9 million people...
and Bodo
Bodo language
Bodo is a language that belongs to the branch of Barish section under Baric division of the Tibeto-Burman languages and spoken by the Bodo people of north-eastern India and Nepal...
. Katha Ratnakar (2007) is based on the situation of dalits in 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...
and the lives of kaivartyas.
He edits the academic research quarterly Yaatra : The Journal of Assamese Literature and Culture. He is now working as a Principal of Jorhat Medical College.
Novels
- 1987 Bhok(collection of two novels in Assamese, Journal Emporium, Nalbari)
- 1990 Loha(historical Novel based on mediaeval iron industry of AssamAssamAssam , 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...
, Student Stories, Guwahati, 1990) - 1994 Yatrik Aru Annanya( Banalata Publishers, Guwahati)
- 1997 Kalantadarar Gadya (Prose of Tempest, first in the trilogy, Students' Stores, Guwahati)
- Tejor Endhar (second part of the trilogy)
- 2003 Artha (third part of the trilogy)
- 2007 Katha-Ratnakar
Awards
- 2001 Ambikagiri RaychoudhuryAmbikagiri RaychoudhuryAmbikagiri Raichoudhury was an Assamese poet and nationalist. Ambikagiri Raichoudhury was born on the 18th of December, 1885 in Raipara area of Barpeta, Lower Assam. His father's name was Krishnaram Raichoudhury and his mother's name was Devaki Devi....
Award of Asom Sahitya SabhaAsom Sahitya SabhaThe Asam Sahitya Sabha was founded in 1917 in Assam, India to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature. Presently it has about one thousand branches all over Assam and also outside the state. The central office is at Jorhat a city of historical importance...
for his novel Kalantarar Gadya. - 2009 Sahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi AwardSahitya Akademi Award is a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languagesAssamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,...
for the novel Katha-Ratnakar.