Hiren Bhattacharyya


Hiren Bhattacharyya, 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.

Biography

Bhattacharyya was born in Jorhat, Assam in the year 1932. After battling for life almost three months, he died on 4 July 2012 in Guwahati, Assam. He is survived by his wife and daughter.

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.
; Books
His published anthologies of poetry include:
; Collections of nursery rhymes
; Others-
Few sample stanzas from his famous Assamese poems are:

Awards

  1. Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award in 1993.
  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'.
  6. Assam Valley Literary Award, 2000 awarded by Megor Sikhya Nyash