Chandra Prasad Saikia Explained

Chandra Prasad Saikia
Birth Date:	8 July 1927
Birth Place:	Jalukgaon, Jhanji, Sivasagar district, Assam
Death Date:	8 August 2006 (aged 79)
Occupation:	Writer, Editor & Publisher
Language:	Assamese
Nationality:	Indian
Alma Mater:	Presidency College, Kolkata
Children:	Three
Awards:	Assam Valley Literary Award Sahitya Akademi Award Padma Bhushan

Chandra Prasad Saikia (1927–2006) was a writer from Assam, India. He was the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha held at Hajo and Jorhat district, Assam in 1999 and 2000, respectively.^[1] Saikia was born on 8 July 1927 in Jalukgaon, Jhanji in Sivasagar district, Assam. After having primary education in Sivasagar he had left for Kolkata for higher education.

Literacy works

Novels

• Edin
• Meghamallar
• Uttarkal
• Suryasnan
• Mandakranta
• Janmantar
• Maharathi
• Tore More Alokare Yatra

Short story collections

• Mayamriga
• Nachpati Phool
• Chakrabat
• Angikar
• Chandra Prasad Saikiar Nirbachita Galpa

Miscellaneous

• Dristikon
• Nirbachita Sampadakiya
• Americar Chithi

Saikia was also editor of various journals and newspapers, including Goriyoshi, The Assam Tribune, Prakash, Natun Dainik, and Asom Batori.

Awards and honours

• Assam Valley Literary Award
• Sahitya Akademi Award
• Padma Bhushan (2007)^[2]
• Publication Board Award (2000).

See also

• Assamese literature
• History of Assamese literature
• List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents
• List of Assamese writers with their pen names

Notes and References

1. Web site: Asam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam . Vedanti.com . 2013-05-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm . 26 September 2013 .
2. Web site: Padma Awards . Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India . 2015 . 21 July 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf . 15 October 2015 .