Ananda Chandra Barua Explained

Ananda Chandra Barua
Birth Date:	31 December 1907
Birth Place:	Moran, Jorhat, Assam
Death Date:	27 January 1983
Language:	Assamese
Nationality:	Indian
Spouse:	Promila Devi
Awards:	Sahitya Academy Award (1977) Padmashree (1970)
Portaldisp:	Literature

Ananda Chandra Barua (1907–1983) was a writer, poet, playwright, translator, journalist and actor from Assam.^{[1] [2] [3]} He is popularly known as Bokulbonor Kobi in Assamese literacy society.^[4] He was honoured with, most notably the Padma Shri title and Sahitya Akademi award.

Literacy works

Published books:^[1]

• Porag (1930) (Poem collection)
• Bijoya (1932) (drama)
• Hafizor Sur (1933) (translation of poems)
• Bisorjan (1933) (drama)
• Ranjan Rashmi (1934), (Poem collection)
• Puspak (1934) (sonnets)
• Nal Damayanty (1934) (drama)
• Meghdoot Purbamegh (1940) (translated poems)
• Komota Kuwori (1940) (drama)
• Asiar Jyoti (1960)

Translation work;^[1]

• Soviet Kabita (1968)(translated poems)
• Kumar Sambhav (1969)(translated poems)
• Paporir Porimal (1969) (Poem collection)
• Bokul Bonor Kabita (1976)(Poem collection)
• Sei Nimati Puware Pora (1982) (Poem collection)
• Kopoi Kuwari (Children drama)
• Nilanjan (drama)
• Pondit Modon Mohan Malaviyar Jiboni (biography of Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya)
• Ethan From (translations)

Unpublished but completed works:^[1]

• Panchami (children drama)
• Tejimola (children drama)
• Phulora (children’s one-act-play)
• Sahjahanor Ontim (translated play)
• Bonik Bondhu (translated play)
• Sitaharan (drama)
• Mrigamaya (drama) and
• Banipath (for school curriculum)
• Agnigarh (drama)
• Asomiya Deka (novel) and
• Amar Sahitya (for public education)

Awards and honours

Barua received the fourth-highest civilian award ‘Padma Shri' (1970) from the Government of India on 21 April 1970.^[2]

For his poetry book Bokul Bonor Kabita (1976), he achieved the Sahitya Academy Award in 1977.^[5]

Bakulbon Park (বকুলবন উদ্যান) is named after Ananda Chandra Barua in Jorhat as a tribute to him.^[6]

The Bakul Bon Award is conferred every year in the fields of dancing, music, art and literature in the memory of 'Bakul Bonor Kabi' Ananda Chandra Barua by the Bakul Bon Trust, Assam which carries a sum of Rs 10,000 in cash and a citation.^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Assamese literature
• History of Assamese literature
• List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents
• List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Assamese
• List of Assamese-language poets
• List of Assamese writers with their pen names

External links

• Hafiz and I, a translated poem by Ananda Chandra Barua at poemhunter.com.
• N. Sharma (1976). Assamese Literature. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 91–. . Retrieved 21 May 2013.
• An image of Ananda Chandra Barua with Bhupen Hazarika at onlinesivasagar.com.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bipuljyoti Saikia . Bipuljyoti Saikia's Home Page : Authors & Poets – Ananda Chandra Barua . Bipuljyoti.in . 19 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140805013645/http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/anandachandra.html . 5 August 2014 . dead.
2. Web site: Ananda Chandra Barua . Vedanti.com . 19 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160803171105/http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/ananda_chandra_barua.htm . 3 August 2016 .
3. Book: Sisir Kumar Das. A History of Indian Literature: 1800–1910, western impact: indian response / Sisir Kumar Das. 21 May 2013. 1991. Sahitya Akademi. 978-81-7201-006-5. 751–.
4. Musical tribute to poets . https://archive.today/20130616132133/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070223/asp/northeast/story_7424486.asp . dead . 16 June 2013 . The Telegraph, Calcutta. 19 May 2013.
5. Web site: Akademi Awards Information for Assamese . Sahitya Akademi . 19 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140107101418/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/showSearchAwardsResult.jsp?year=&author=&awards=AA&language=ASSAMESE . 7 January 2014 . dead.
6. The Times of India . Majuli remembers 'Hudhakantha' at ceremony . https://archive.today/20130616113231/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-06/guwahati/30366387_1_majuli-programme-bhupenda . dead . 16 June 2013 . 6 November 2011 . . 19 May 2013.
7. TI Trade . Bakul Bon Award to Maniram Sonowal . Assamtribune.com . 15 January 2012 . 19 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813212216/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan1512%2Fstate06 . 13 August 2014 .
8. TI Trade . Bakul Bon Award for 2011 to Bolai Ram Senapati . Assamtribune.com . 15 January 2011 . 19 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140813210306/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan1511%2Fstate06 . 13 August 2014 .