Hiren Bhattacharyya Explained

Hiren Bhattacharyya
Birth Date:1932 7, df=yes[1]
Birth Place:Jorhat, Assam
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Guwahati, Assam
Nationality:Indian
Other Names:Hiruda
Known For:Poet
Organisation:All India Students' Federation (AISF)
Awards:Sahitya Akademi Award

Hiren Bhattacharyya (28 July 1932 – 4 July 2012), popularly known as Hiruda, was an Indian poet and lyricist best for his works in the Assamese literature. He had innumerable works published in Assamese and achieved many prizes and accolades for his poetry.[3] In 2012, Bhattacharyya died at hospital due to undergoing treatment for lung and urinary infection since 14 June.[4]

Early life

Bhattacharyya was born in Jorhat, Assam in the year 1932.[3] His father was Tirthanath Bhattacharya and Mother Snehalata Bhattacharya. His father was a jailer. Due to his father’s occupation, he had to study in different parts of Assam from Dibrugarh to Guwahati.

He started his education from Graham Bazar M.E. School, Dibrugarh. But during his studies there, his father shifted from Dibrugarh to Tezpur. As a result, Bhattacharya completed his early education in Tezpur. Not only in Tezpur, he studied in different sites like Mangaldoi,Golaghat,Guwahati etc. In 1945, he passed High School Leaving Certificate Exam from Cotton Collegiate School and got admission in B. Borooah college.

Literary works

Bhattacharyya mainly worked in the field of Assamese poetry. He was the editor of several Assamese magazines and newspapers. Some of the newspapers he worked on are Chitrabon, Monon and Antorik. He was the poetry editor of the Assamese magazine Prantik for over three decades.

BooksHe published anthologies of poetry include:
Collections of nursery rhymes
Others

Sample stanzas from his famous Assamese poems are:

Awards

  1. Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award in 1993.[7] [4]
  2. Bishnu Rabha Award, 1985
  3. Rajaji Puroskar, 1984-85 awarded by Bharatiya Bidya Bhawan
  4. Soviet Desh Neheru Award, 1987
  5. Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for his anthology of poems 'Saichor Pathar Manuh'.[8]
  6. Assam Valley Literary Award, (Asom Upotyoka Sahitya Bota) 2000 awarded by Megor Sikhya Nyash[8]

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Amar Asom Newspaper, Date: 5 July 2012, Accessdate=2012-07-04, Thursday
  2. Web site: Poet Hiren Bhattacharyya passes away . The Assam Tribune . 4 July 2012 . 4 July 2012 . 14 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140514045256/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0412%2Fat0154 . dead .
  3. Web site: Hiren Bhattacharjya. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005227/http://vedanti.com/legends/hiren_bhattacharjya.htm. 5 March 2016. vedanti.org. 11 May 2019.
  4. News: Talukdar . Sushanta . Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya is dead . The Hindu . 5 July 2012 . en-IN.
  5. Book: Bhaṭṭācārya, Hīreṇ . Ancient gongs: Selected poems of Hiren Bhattcharjya . 1985 . Beaver Books; Selling agent, Naya Prokash . Guwahati; Calcutta . English . Acharya . Pradip . 42980666.
  6. Book: Bhattacharyya, Hiren . Autumn and other landscapes . 2007 . . 978-81-260-2500-8 . English . Acharya . Pradip . 1284680543.
  7. News: Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya is dead . The Hindu . 4 July 2012 . Talukdar . Sushanta .
  8. News: Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya is dead . 5 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120708024512/https://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3602991.ece . 8 July 2012. 11 May 2019 . Sushanta Talukdar . Guwahati . The Hindu.

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