Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury
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Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury | |
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Born | 1924 Gauripur Dhubri, Assam |
Died | 29 February 2008 Guwahati, Assam |
Pen name | Shilabhadra |
Occupation | Lecturer<be> Writer News-editor Tea garden-Manager |
Language | Assamese |
Education | Post Graduation |
Alma mater | Carmichael College Calcutta University |
Period | 1964–2008 |
Notable works | Modhupur Bohudoor |
Notable awards | 1994: Sahitya Akademi Award 1990: Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad Award 1990: Assam Publication Board Award 2001: Assam Valley literary Award |
Spouse | Nalini Dutta Choudhury |
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Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury (1924 – 29 February 2008) was a noted Assamese litterateur, Sahitya Akademi Award winner and an academician from Gauripur in Assam, India.[1] Popularly he is known as Sheelabhadra, his pen name.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Born in 1924 at Gauripur in Dhubri District, Dutta Choudhury pursued his graduation from Carmichael College, Rangpur (now in Bangladesh). He obtained his post-graduation in Pure Mathematics from Calcutta University in 1946, with a first class and silver medal.
Career
[edit]After his post-graduated studies, he joined Cotton College, Guwahati as a lecturer in Mathematics. Subsequently, he became a contractor, a sub-editor with the Assam Tribune and assistant manager in a tea estate for some time and finally he restarted his teaching career in the Assam Engineering College, Guwahati in 1957 as a lecturer. And he retired in 1982 as a professor in mathematics.
He died on 29 February 2008 at a hospital in Guwahati.[3]
Literary works
[edit]Dutta Choudhury's major literary works are Madhupur aru Tarangini, Agomonir Ghat, Anahatguri, Abichinna, Prachir, Godhuli and Anusandhan (all novels) and Baastab, Beer Sainik, Samudrateer, Tarua Kadam, Pratiksha, Uttaran, Mezaz, Sheelabhadrar Kuria Galpa, Nirbachita Galpa, Madhupurar Madhukar, Anya ek Madhupur, Uttar Nai, Dayitya aru Anyanya Galpa, Biswas aru Anyanya Galpa, Lagaria and several other collections of short stories. Many of his literary works have been translated into Hindi, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu and Oriya by the National Book Trust, the Sahitya Akademi and the Bharatiya Jnanpith. Smriticharan is his autobiography.
Novels
[edit]- Madhupur aru Trangini (1971)
- Agamonir Ghat (1973)
- Aahotguri (1973)
- Abichinna (1980)
- Prachir (1980)
- Godhuli (1981)
- Anuhondhan (1987)
Short story collections
[edit]- Bastob
- Kunu Khyov Nai
- Homudra Teer
- Bir Hoinik
- Shilovhodror Kurita Golpo
- Mejaz
- Rotubabur Garage
- Protikhya
- Uttoron
- Bishwakh aru Anyanyo Golpo
- Dwayitto aru Anyanyo Golpo
- Jibon aru Anyano Golpo
- Durgoto aru Anyanyo Golpo
- Cithi aru Anyanyo Golpo
- Akou Modhupur
- Madhupur Bohudur
- Torpon
- Nirbachito Golpo
- Logoriya
- Anyo Ek Modhupur
- Modhupuror Modhukor
- Apun Manuh
- Jibonor Rong
- Hayahno
- Uttor Nai
Autobiography
[edit]- Smriticharon
- Madhupuror Smriti
- Atitor Khondito Chitro
Awards and honours
[edit]Dutta Choudhury was honoured with the 1994 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese for his short stories collection, Madhupur Bahudur,[4][5] the Assam Valley Literary Award in 2001, the Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad award in 1990 and the Assam Publication Board award in the same year.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury, Guwahati Portal, Assam Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Master narrator - Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury". The Telegraph. 30 June 2003. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012.
- ^ Noted litterateur Sheelabhadra dead, The Assam Tribune, 1 March 2008, Guwahati
- ^ Sahitya Akademy Award Winners List of Akademi Award winners for Assamese
- ^ enotes.com List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners
External links
[edit]- People from Dhubri district
- 1924 births
- 2008 deaths
- Novelists from Assam
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese
- Scholars from Assam
- Indian newspaper editors
- University of Calcutta alumni
- Indian male novelists
- Indian male short story writers
- Recipients of the Assam Valley Literary Award
- 20th-century Indian novelists
- 20th-century Indian short story writers
- Journalists from Assam
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- Carmichael College alumni