Arupa Kalita Patangia Explained

Arupa Kalita Patangia
Birth Place:Golaghat, Assam, India
Occupation:Novelist, writer, professor
Language:Assamese
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:Debraj Roy College
Gauhati University
Notableworks:Mariam Austin Othoba Hira Barua
Awards:Sahitya Akademi Award
Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award

Arupa Kalita Patangia was born in 1956[1] and is an Indian novelist and short story writer and known for her fiction writing in Assamese.[2] [3] Her literary awards include: the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award, the Katha Prize and the Prabina Saikia Award. In 2014, she received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for her short stories book named Mariam Austin Othoba Hira Barua.[4] Her books have been translated to English, Hindi, and Bengali.[5] Her works touch upon Assamese history and culture, addressing the lives people from middle and lower income brackets,[6] and focus specifically on concerns of women, violence, and insurgency.[7]

Biography

She studied at Golaghat Mission Girls High School, and Debraj Roy College,[8] and completed her PhD from Gauhati University on Pearl S. Buck's women characters.[2] Arupa Patangia Kalita taught English at Tangla College, Darrang, Assam[3] and retired as Head of the English Department of Tangla College on 22 June 2016.

Literary works

She has more than ten novels and short story collections to her credit. Some of these include:[3] [9] -

Novels
Short Stories
Translated novels:
Feature Films:

She released a collection of her short-stories, Alekjaan Banur Jaan, at the 20th Guwahati Book Fair.[12] Her short stories have been translated into several languages, including English, Hindi, and Bengali.[10]

A leading feminist from the North-East, she also writes extensively on questions of women and society.[13] She has stated an interview that, "I’m a woman and hence I write about women in my society.... In this uneven society that I belong to, I always feel I have a lot of say about women, as a woman." Specifically on the question of feminism, she has rejected labels, stating that "You can call me a feminist or a humanist, but I feel being a feminist and a humanist are not contradictory."

Awards

Kalita's literary awards include:[2]

Rejection of the Basanti Devi Award

She famously declined an award from the Asam Sahitya Sabha, on grounds of it being in the 'women-only' category.[2] In an interview, Patangia stated that her reasons for rejecting the Basanti Devi Award were on the following grounds:

"A text is a text, written by a woman or a man. I feel, after it is published and given away to the readers to judge, it should be considered merely as a text and judged according to its merit as a text, not on the basis of gender. Even men have written about woman sensitively, and some immortal female characters in literature have been created by male writers. When questions of merit and judgment come in, a writer should be treated as a writer, not as a male or female writer."

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Farewell to Dr. Arupa Patangia Kalita. 23 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Arupa Patangia Kalita . Samanvayindianlanguagesfestival.org . 2013-06-14 . 8 August 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130808103246/http://samanvayindianlanguagesfestival.org/2011/arupa-patangia-kalita/ . dead .
  3. Web site: Women's Writing . https://archive.today/20130616054223/http://www.womenswriting.com/WomensWriting/AuthorProfileDetail.asp?AuthorID=181 . dead . 2013-06-16 . Womenswriting.com . 2013-06-14 .
  4. Assam and Bodo writers to get the award. The Times of India. 2014-12-20 . 2015-01-06.
  5. Web site: The Assam Tribune Online. Staff Reporter. www.assamtribune.com. 2017-03-22. 4 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170104182920/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan0117%2Fat056. dead.
  6. Web site: All aboard the ghost bus OPEN Magazine. OPEN Magazine. 20 May 2015 . en. 2017-03-22.
  7. Web site: Arupa Patangia Kalita: In conversation with Aruni Kashyap. Kalita. Arupa Patangia. Jul–Aug 2008. Muse India. 22 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170323142655/http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2008&issid=20&id=1145. 23 March 2017. dead.
  8. News: Assam Valley Literary Award for Dr.Arupa Patangia Kalita. Khan. Shajid. 1 January 2017. Assam Times. 22 March 2017.
  9. Web site: Arupa Patangia Kalita gets Prabina Saikia award News - By assamonline.in . News.assamonline.in . 2013-04-06 . 2013-06-14.
  10. Web site: Felanee by Arupa Kalita Patangia Translated by Deepika PhukanKanvas Journal . https://archive.today/20130615234147/http://www.kanvasjournal.com/felanee-by-arupa-kalita-patangia-translated-by-deepika-phukan/ . dead . 2013-06-15 . Kanvasjournal.com . 2013-06-14 .
  11. Web site: The Loneliness of Hira Barua by Arupa Patangia Kalita.
  12. The Telegraph - Calcutta : Guwahati . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629081334/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060114/asp/guwahati/story_5715390.asp . dead . 29 June 2011 . Telegraphindia.com . 2006-01-14 . 2013-06-14.
  13. Web site: Writing right. Biswas. Ranjita. www.theweekendleader.com. en. 2017-03-22.
  14. TI Trade . The Assam Tribune Online . Assamtribune.com . 2013-04-06 . 2013-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222954/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=apr0613%2Fcity05 . 2016-03-03 .

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