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Rita Chowdhury (born 17 August 1960) is an Indian poet, novelist and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient in the world of Assamese literature.[1][2] She has been an associate professor in Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam in Political Science Department since 2001. She is currently the director of National Book Trust, India.[3]

Rita Chowdhury
Born (1960-08-17) 17 August 1960 (age 61)
Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India
OccupationNovelist, Poet, Director National Book Trust Of India
EducationM.A, LLB, Ph.D
Period1981-present
Literary movementAssam Movement
Notable worksDeo Langkhui, Makam, The Divided Soul (Coffee Table Book), Mayabritta, Wars and Tears (documentary)
Notable awards1981: Axom Xahitya Xabha Award,
2006: Kolaguru Bishnuprasad Rabha Award,
2008: Sahitya Akademi Award
SpouseChandra Mohan Patowary
Website
ritachowdhury.in
 Literature portal

Early life and education


Chowdhury was born in 1960 to the writer Biraja Nanda Chowdhury and social worker Shri Molina Chowdhury, at Nampong in Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh.[4] She did her schooling in Upper Haflong L.P. School and Higher Secondary in Margherita Public Higher Secondary School.[4] Her family moved to Guwahati in 1980, during the Assam Movement; she became involved in the movement and was jailed several times.[4]

She passed her B.A. in political science from Cotton College under Gauhati University in 1982. She is double MA in political science and Assamese from Gauhati University with LLB(1990) and Ph.D. She did Ph.D. from Gauhati University on Comparative Literature in 2005. Her thesis was on Society and Women psychology depicted in Nirupama Borgohain and Ashapurna Devi's Novels: a Comparative Study.


Teaching career


Rita Chowdhury has been an associate professor in Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam in Political Science Department since 2001 Prior to that, Chowdhury had worked as lecturer from 1991 to 1996 and as senior lecturer from 1996 to 2001 in the same college. She started her teaching career as lecturer in political science in Diphu Government College, Karbi Anglong from the year 1989 to 1991.[5]


Literary career


Chowdhury's first novel was Abirata Jatra (English: Incessant Journey) in 1981,[5] which won the first prize in a competition held by Asom Sahitya Sabha on the contemporary Assamese situation.

Chowdhury then wrote a series of novels, including Tirthabhumi (The Shrine) in 1988, Maha Jibanar Adharshila (Foundation Stone of Great Life) in 1993, Nayana Tarali Sujata in 1996, Popiya Torar Xadhu (Tale of a shooting star) in 1998, Rag-malkosh in 1999, Jala-Padma (Water-Lotus) in 1999, Hridoy Nirupai (The Helpless Heart) in 2003, Deo Langkhui (The Divine Sword) in 2005, Makam (The Golden Horse) in 2010 and Mayabritta (The Circle of Worldly Illusion) in 2012. Each of her novels is a depiction of some significant aspects of the society.

She received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2008 for the novel Deo Langkhui which was based on the Tiwas of Assam. Makam (মাকাম), a is translated into English with the title Chinatown Days,[6]

Chowdhury's fiction reflects the reality of life and the society. Sometimes it is contemporary and sometimes it is historical. There is a subterranean flow of feminism in some of her novels. Most of her novels are research-based.

She was the founder editor of Adharxila, a monthly literary magazine, published from Guwahati from 2001 to 2002.


Books



Poems



Recent releases



English works



Production works



Awards


Chowdhury has been awarded with a number of literary awards and recognitions. Among those, the major awards are as follows:


Special felicitation



Posts held



Research



Personal life


She is married to Chandra Mohan Patowary.[4] She has a son and a daughter.


References


  1. Bhattacharjee, Subhamoy (26 January 2009). "Royal allowance to community kings of Assam". Retrieved 2 August 2009.
  2. "Literary feats lauded". The Assam Tribune. 29 December 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  3. "Chowdhury new NBT Director". 16 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. "The heart yearns for days of yore". The Telegraph India. 17 January 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  5. "Chowdhury, Narzary given Akademi award". The Assam Tribune. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
  6. "Chinatown Days by Rita Chowdhury: Tales from a lost town". Purple Pencil Project. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "The Assam Tribune Online". www.assamtribune.com. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  8. "Meet Dr Rita Chowdhury – Assamese Author and Director of National Book Trust of India". G Plus. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
  9. Editor, Assam Times (23 December 2008). "Sahitya Academy award to 2 Assamese litterateurs". Retrieved 2 August 2009. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  10. "Sahitya Adademi Awards for Choudhury, Narzary". 23 December 2008. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2009.



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Rita Chowdhury, née le 20 août 1960 dans le district de Tirap en Inde, est une poétesse et romancière indienne dans la littérature assamaise, lauréate du prix Sahitya Akademi[1],[2].


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