| Jayanta Madhab Bora | |
| Birth Date: | 19 August 1970 |
| Birth Place: | Dergaon, Golaghat district |
| Occupation: | Writer, novelist |
| Language: | Assamese language |
| Citizenship: | Indian |
| Education: | Master's Degree in physics and B.Ed degree |
| Alma Mater: | Jorhat Science College Dibrugarh University |
| Notableworks: | Moriahola |
| Awards: | Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 & B. R. Ambedkar Literature National Award in 2019 |
Jayanta Madhab Bora (জয়ন্ত মাধৱ বৰা) is an Assamese novelist who was awarded with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for Moriahola.[1] [2] [3]
The novel is set against the backdrop of the hamlet Moriahola that got submerged in the Brahmaputra.The author did research on materials collected on the socio-economic crisis of the village and the villagers for 25 years from 1985.