Hemchandra Goswami Explained

Hemchandra Goswami
Birth Date:1872 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Golaghat district, Assam
Death Place:Guwahati, Assam
Occupation:Administrative officer, writer, poet, historian
Language:Assamese
Nationality:Indian
Portaldisp:Literature

Hemchandra Goswami (1872–1928) was an Indian writer, poet, historian, teacher and a linguist from Assam in the early part of modern Assamese literature. He was the fourth president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha in 1920 held at Tezpur.[1] He retired as Extra Assistant Commissioner in the British Assam.

Literacy works

Goswami published the first Assamese dictionary, Hemkosh by Hemchandra Barua with the help of Colonel Gordon in 1900. Some of his other works include Asamiya sahityar chaneki,[2] Phular Saki (The Bunch of Flowers, 1907), which contains the first sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Sithi' (A letter from the beloved),[3] Kako aru hiya nibilao etc. 'Katha Gita' (Gita in Prose) of Bhattadev was edited by him in 1918 and Purani Asam Buranji .[4] which contains the first sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Cithi' (A letter from the beloved)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam . Vedanti.com . 5 May 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130926194342/http://www.vedanti.com/News/assam_sahitya_sabha_is_the_forem.htm . 26 September 2013 .
  2. Book: Assamese Literature - S. N. Sharma - Google Books . 5 May 2013. 9783447017367 . Sarma . Satyendranath . 1976 . Otto Harrassowitz Verlag .
  3. Book: Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose - Google Books . 5 May 2013. 9788172013240 . George . K. M. . 1992 . Sahitya Akademi .
  4. Book: Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Assam - Google Books . 5 May 2013. 9788170997894 . Bareh . Hamlet . 2001 . Mittal Publications .