Mamoni Raisom Goswami
1942–2011A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature
Assamese scholar and writer
Birinchi Kumar Barua
1908–1964, born Nagaon, writes in Assamese, English, poet
Birinchi Kumar Barua was a folklorist, scholar, novelist, playwright, historian, linguist, educationist, administrator and eminent 20th century littérateur of Assam, with both scholarly and creative pursuits. He was the pioneer in the study of folklore in North East India, and was one of the many founders of Gauhati University. Barua’s contributions to Assamese literature are significant, both as a novelist and as an early literary critic.
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Books on record
On Open Library
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Awards
| 1964 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Asamar Lok-Sanskriti |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Assamese
Monalisa Jena
b. 1963Writer, translator from Odisha
Lakshmi Nandan Bora
1932–2021writer (1932-2021)
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
1924–1997writer (1924–1997)
Apoorva Sharma
b. 1943writer
Arun Sarma
1931–2017Assamese writer