Lakshmi Nandan Bora

Lakshmi Nandan Bora
Born 1 March 1932
Kujidah, Nagaon district, Assam, India
Occupation Writer
Spouse(s) Madhuri
Children 3 children
Parent(s) Phuleswar Bora
Phuleswari
Awards Padma Shri
Sahitya Academy Award
Saraswati Samman
Publication Board Assam Lifetime Achievement Award
[Magor Assam Valley Literary award]
Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Rachna Samagra Award
Website web site

Lakshmi Nandan Bora is an Indian novelist and short story writer in Assamese language,[1][2] known for over 60 books he has authored,[3][4] including award winning novels, Patal Bhairavi[5] and Kayakalpa.[6] A recipient of Sahitya Academy Award and Saraswati Samman,[7][8] Bora was honoured by the Government of India in 2015 with Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian award.[9]

Biography

Except for one novel, I had written all my other novels after my marriage, says Lakshmi Nandan Bora.[10]

Lakshmi Nandan Bora was born on 1 March 1932 at Hatichung of Kudijah village,[1] a small hamlet in Nagaon district in the Northeast Indian state of Assam to Phuleswar Bora and Phuleswari as the youngest of their five children.[3] His parents died while he was in his teens and was brought up by his eldest brother, Kamal Chandra Bora.[3] He did his schooling at Nagaon High School, graduated in Physics (BSc) from Cotton College State University, Guwahati and secured his master's degree (MSc) from Presidency College, Kolkata.[1][3] He pursued doctoral studies in meteorology at Andhra University from where he secured a PhD, the first person to be awarded a doctoral degree in meteorology by the university.[3] Later, he joined Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat as a faculty member and stayed with the institution till his retirement as a professor[7] and the head of the department of physics and agrometeorology[3] in 1962.[1][4] He has also served as a visiting professor at the Johannes Gutenberg University[1] for two terms.[3] Bora married Madhuri in 1961 and the couple has one daughter Seuji and two sons Tridib and Swaroop.[3] The family lives in Ganeshguri, a satellite town of Guwahati, Assam.[3]

Literary and social career

Bora wrote his first short story, Bhaona, in 1954, which was published in Assamese magazine, Ramdhenu.[3] His first book, Dristirupa was published in 1958 and the next one, Nishar Purabhi in 1962.[1] He published his first novel, Gonga Silonir Pakhi, in 1963, which is reported to have earned critical acclaim, has been translated into 11 languages[3] and was made into a film, under the same name, by Padum Baruah in 1976.[11] The succeeding years saw him active in the political milieu of Assam and was arrested once, in 1981, under the National Security Act.[3] His novel, Akou Saraighat,[12] written during this time and published in 1980, reflects his political leanings to a certain measure.[3] He also founded a weekly, Rangpur, and stayed as its editor till 1996 when he resigned from the post, reportedly due to ideological differences with the owner of the publication.[3]

Two more novels, Matit Meghar Chaan (1970) and Bishesh Eraati (1979) and a short story anthology, Sehi Anuraga (1983) followed[1] before he published his novel, Patal Bhairavi in 1986[5] which won the Sahitya Academy Award in 1988.[3] Two novels were published next, Kal Dingare Pal in 1988 and Matsya Kanya in 1995 followed by Preyashi (1996 - short story anthology), Jaa Keri Naahike Upaam and Sehi Gunanidhi (1997 - novel),[1] the latter two inspired by the lives of Sankardev and his disciple, Madhavdev, renowned Assamese saint-scholars.[3] In 2008, he published Kayakalpa, which won the Saraswati Samman from K. K. Birla Foundation.[8] The work has since been translated into 22 Indian languages[8] as well as into English by Biman Arandhara.[4]

Lakshmi Nandan Bora has written a number of plays and books on agriculture and environment, taking his publications to a total of 60 books, composed of twenty nine novels and twenty six short story anthologies.[3][6] His short stories, 75 selected ones, have been compiled under the name, Lakshminandan Borar Charita Dasakar Galpa Samagra.[2] His published autobiography Kal Balukat Khoj was also serialized in the Assamese fortnightly, Prantik.[2] His other current projects are two books, one on Hem Chandra Baruah, renowned lexicographer and social reformer and the other, on Lakshminath Bezbaroa, a known Assamese literary figure.[2]

He has served as the president of Assam Sahitya Sabha (1996–97)[1][3] and as a member of the Planning Commission of Assam.[4] He has also been the chairman of the Assam Pollution Control Board[3] during the period 1997 - 2003[1] and serves as the editor of Goriyoshi, an Assamese monthly literary magazine.[6][7][10]

Bibliography

Some of the selected publications of Bora are:[1]

  • Dristirupa (1958) - anthology
  • Nishar Purabi (1962) - anthology
  • Gonga Silonir Pakhi (1963) - novel
  • Aabesh Indrajal (1967) - anthology
  • Matit Meghar Chaan (1970) - anthology
  • Bishesh Eraati (1979) - novel
  • Akou Saraighat (1980) - novel[12]
  • Jaa Keri Naahike Upaam
  • Sehi Anuraga (1983) - anthology
  • Patal Bhairavi (1986) - novel[5]
  • Kal Dingarare Pal (1988) - novel
  • Matsya Kanya (1995) - novel
  • Preyashi (1996) - anthology
  • Sehi Gunanidhi (1997) - novel
  • Ganga Cheel Ke Pankh (2003) - novel[13]
  • Kayakalpa (2008) - novel[6]
  • Lakshminandan Borar Charita Dasakar Galpa Samagra — short story anthology

Awards and recognitions

Bora received the Sahitya Academy Award in 1988 for his novel, Patal Bhairavi[8] and the Assam Valley Literary Award in 2004.[4][6][7] His novel, Kayakalpa fetched him the Saraswati Samman[4][6][7] instituted by the K. K. Birla Foundation in 2008[8] and in 2012, Assam Publication Board honoured him with the Lifetime Achievement Award.[10] The Government of India included him for the Republic Day honours list, in 2015, for the civilian honour of Padma Shri.[9]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Kartik Chandra Dutt (1999). Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M. Sahitya Academy. p. 1490. ISBN 9788126008735.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Bipul Jyoti". Bipul Jyoti. 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "UCCS". UCCS. 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "The Hindu". The Hindu. 6 April 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 Lakshmi Nandan Bora (1997). Patal Bhairavi (1997 edition). Sahitya Academy Publications. p. 308. ISBN 9788126001460.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lakshmi Nandan Bora (2010). Kayakalpa — The Elixir of Everlasting Youth. Niyogi Books. p. 280. ISBN 978-8189738679.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Good Reads". Good Reads. 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Saraswati Samman". LKVP. 14 February 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Padma Awards". Padma Awards. 2015. Archived from the original on January 26, 2015. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "Assam Tribune". Assam Tribune. 3 October 2012. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Gonga Silonir Pakhi". Assams.info. 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Akou Saraighat". Bani Prakash Pathsala. 1980. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  13. ↑ Lakshmi Nandan Bora (2003). Ganga Cheel Ke Pankh. Sahitya Akademi. p. 144. ASIN B003DRNSME.

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