Devananda Bharali Explained

Devananda Bharali
Pseudonym:	Miri
Birth Date:	June, 1883
Birth Place:	Sivasagar district, Assam
Death Date:	June 1972
Occupation:	writer, linguistic
Language:	Assamese
Nationality:	Indian
Genre:	Literature
Portaldisp:	Literature

Devananda Bharali (1883-1972) was a pioneer linguist, writer, translator and dramatist from Assam.^[1] He also wrote many articles using the pen name of Miri. He was born in June, 1883 in Sivasagar district, Assam to Ishananda Bharali.

Literary career

Bharali's writings are both in English and Assamese language. Some of his major works include:

• Asamiya bhashar moulik bicar aru sahityor chinaki (অসমীয়া ভাষাৰ মৌলিক বিচাৰ আৰু সাহিত্যৰ চিনাকি), published in 1912.,^[2]
• Assamese Grammar in English (1902),
• A Study of the Phonology and Vocabulary of Assamese Language (1960).^[3]
• Cīnā Luitaea pāre, pāre (1972) ^[4]

He was a regular writer in the Assamese magazines like "Usha", "Banhi". He had translated the "Macbeth" of Shakespeare into Assamese language for the first time.

Bharali's dramatical works include:

• Bhimdarpa (ভীমদৰ্প), an abridged translation of Macbeth published in 1910^[5]
• Srimonto Sankar (শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰ) (1944)
• Bihu (বিহু)

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

• Read online edition of AXAMIYĀ BHĀXĀR MOULIK BISĀR at archive.org.
• Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Notes and References

1. Book: Kaliram Medhi. Studies in the Vaiṣṇava Literature & Culture of Assam. 22 May 2013. 1978. Assam Sahitya Sabha.
2. Web site: Asamiya Bhashara Maulika Bicara aru Sahityara Cinaki (8173310270) by Debananda Bharali @ . Bookfinder.com . 2013-05-22 .
3. Book: Thomas Albert Sebeok. Current Trends in Linguistics: V. 9: Linguistics in Western Europe Pts. 1 & 2, and Index to Names. 22 May 2013. 1972. Walter de Gruyter. 142–. GGKEY:58UAB133QTX.
4. Book: Debananda Bharali. Cīnā Luitaea pāre, pāre. 22 May 2013. 1972. Dattabaruwā.
5. Web site: Indian ReviewAssamese LiteratureShakespeare in Assamese : Navakanta Barua . Indianreview.in . 2013-05-22.