Nalinidhar Bhattacharya

Nalinidhar Bhattacharya
Born	4 December 1921 Jorhat, Assam
Died	2 September 2016 (aged 94)
Nationality	india
Occupation	Poet, Writer, Professor
Awards	Sahitya Akademi Award (2002) Assam Valley Literary Award (2006)

Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (Assamese: নলিনীধৰ ভট্টাচাৰ্য; 4 December 1921 – 2 September 2016)^[1] was an Indian poet and literary critic from Assam. He was regarded as one of the important poets of the Jayanti era in Assamese literature. Bhattacharya was the elder brother of writer Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya, who was the youngest Sahitya Academy award winner and also the recipient of the Jnanpith Award.

Education

Bhattacharya passed his HSLC examination in 1940 from Kakojan High School in Jorhat. He completed his intermediate in 1942 from JB College, Jorhat and went on to complete his BA privately, after which he did his Masters in Assamese.^[2]

Career

Beginning his career as a teacher in Kakojan High School, Bhattacharya was lecturer at St. Anthony’s College, Shillong from 1960 to 1963. He also served as lecturer in Arya Vidyapeeth College of Guwahati and retired from the same college in 1983. Bhattacharya’s many publications bear testimony to the fact that his forte lies in poetry and literary essays.^[2]

Literary works

His published works include Serasalir Malita, Noni Asane Gharat, Mohot Aitaijya, etc. He has penned five anthologies of Assamese poems — Aei Kuwolite (1979), Charshalir Malita (1983), Aahot Xapon (1983), Noni Asone Ghorot and Biday Phulor Din (2002). He has also voluminously produced literary essays and translated works, which were published in significant literary journals of Assam. Five collections of his literary essays have also been published.^[2] He was honoured with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 2002 for his collection of literary works — Mahat Oitijhya. He has also served as the president of Diphu Asom Sahitya Sabha Kabi Sammelan.^[2]

Awards

• Soviet Land Nehru Award (1983)
• Mrinalini Devi Award
• Sahitya Akademi award (2002)^[3]
• Indian Language Parishad award^[4]
• Chagganlal Jain award
• Assam Valley Literary Award (2006)^[5] etc.
• Sahityacharya honour by the Asam Sahitya Sabha (2010)^[6][7]
• ‘Papari Kabi’ Ganesh Gogoi award^[8]

See also

• List of Assamese-language poets
• List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Assamese

References

1. 365, Dy. "DY365 TV Channel from North East". Retrieved 5 September 2016.
2. "Assam Valley award for teacher & poet". The Telegraph. January 1, 2007. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
3. "Nalinidhar Bhattacharya receives Assam Valley Literary Award". News.webindia123.com. 2007-01-01. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
4. "Eminent Personalities of Assam 2 | Sulekha Creative". Creative.sulekha.com. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
5. "Welcome to Muse India". Museindia.com. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
6. TI Trade (2010-06-26). "The Assam Tribune Online". Assamtribune.com. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
7. TI Trade (2010-08-26). "The Assam Tribune Online". Assamtribune.com. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
8. TI Trade. "The Assam Tribune online". Assamtribune.com. Retrieved 2013-04-09.

External links

• The angry boy in the woods, a poem of the author at bipuljyoti.in.
• Autobiography at xahitya.org website.