Hiren Bhattacharyya


Hiren Bhattacharyya, popularly known as Hiruda, was an Indian poet and lyricist best known for his works in the Assamese literature. He had innumerable works published in Assamese and achieved many prizes and accolades for his poetry including Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for his anthology of poems 'Saichar Pathar Manuh'. He has been also known as 'Sugandi Pakhilaar Kobi'.

Early life

Bhattacharyya was born in Jorhat, Assam in the year 1932. His father was Tirthanath Bhattacharya and Mother Snehalata Bhattacharya. His father was a jailer. Due to his father’s occupation, he had to study in different parts of Assam from Dibrugarh to Guwahati.
He started his education from Graham Bazar M.E. School, Dibrugarh. But during his studies there, his father shifted from Dibrugarh to Tezpur. As a result, Bhattacharya completed his early education in Tezpur. Not only in Tezpur, he studied in different sites like Mangaldoi,Golaghat,Guwahati etc. In 1945, he passed High School Leaving Certificate Exam from Cotton Collegiate School and got admission in B. Borooah college.

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.

Assamese books

He published anthologies of poetry include:ৰূপালী নদী সোণালী সাঁকো, ৰৌদ্ৰ কামনা, তোমাৰ বাঁহী 1969মোৰ দেশ আৰু প্ৰেমৰ কবিতা, বিভিন্ন দিনৰ কবিতা, তোমাৰ গান Tomar Gaan, কবিতাৰ ৰ'দ, সুগন্ধি পখিলা, জোনাকী মন : অনুষংগ, শইচৰ পথাৰ মানুহ, ''''মোৰ প্ৰিয় বৰ্ণমালা, ভালপোৱাৰ বোকা মাটি, ভালপোৱাৰ দিকচৌ বাটেৰে, হীৰেন ভট্টাচাৰ্যৰ বাছকবনীয়া কবিতা, সুগন্ধি শিপা, কেইটামান গান, কবিতাৰ ডালপাত, শিপাৰ পৰা পাতলৈকে
  • ''হীৰেন ভট্টাচাৰ্যৰ কবিতা :প্ৰথমৰ পৰা আটাইবোৰ ''

Collections of rhymes for the young and old

  • ল'ৰা ধেমালি
  • আকৌ ধেমালি
  • ৰৈ ৰৈ ধেমালি ''''

English

  • Ancient Gongs
  • Autumn and other landscapes

Bengali

  • শসে্যর মাঠ মানুষ ও অন্যান্য কবিতা
  • শিকড় থেকে পাতা অব্দি
  • বৃষ্টি পড়ে অঝোড়ে
Sample stanzas from his famous Assamese poems are:

Awards

  1. Raghunath Choudhary Award, 1976
  2. Rajaji Puroskar, 1984-85 awarded by Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan
  3.  Bishnu Prasad Rabha Award, 1985
  4.  Soviet Land Nehru Award, 1987
  5.  Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for his anthology of poems 'Saichor Pathar Manuh'.
  6. Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award in 1993
  7. Souharda Samman of Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sangsthan, 1993
  8. Assam Valley Literary Award, 2000 awarded by Megor Sikhya Nyash
  9. Ganesh Gogoi Award of the Assam Government, 2009
  10. Padmanath Vidyabinod Smriti Sahitya Puraskar in 2011
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