Jayanta Madhab Bora
Jayanta Madhab Bora | |
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| Born | 19 August 1970 Dergaon, Golaghat district |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist |
| Language | Assamese language |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | Master's Degree in physics and B.Ed degree |
| Alma mater | Jorhat Science College Dibrugarh University |
| Notable works | Moriahola |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 & B. R. Ambedkar Literature National Award in 2019 |
Jayanta Madhab Bora (জয়ন্ত মাধৱ বৰা) is an Assamese novelist who was awarded with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for Moriahola.[1][2][3]
The novel is set against the backdrop of the hamlet Moriahola that got submerged in the Brahmaputra.The author did research on materials collected on the socio-economic crisis of the village and the villagers for 25 years from 1985.
Awards and recognition[edit]
- 2017: Received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for Moriahola
References[edit]
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi award for four Northeast writers". NORTHEAST NOW. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi Awards Recipients". sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
- ^ "অসমীয়া উপন্যাস সাহিত্যলৈ সুখবৰ : জয়ন্ত মাধৱ বৰাৰ". NORTHEAST NOW (Assamese). 21 December 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
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