Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury (1924–2008) was a noted

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winner and an academician from Gauripur in

, India. Popularly he is known as ''Sheelabhadra'', his

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Early life and education

Born in 1924 at Gauripur in Dhubri District, Dutta Choudhury pursued his graduation from Carmichael College, Rangpur (now in

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). He obtained his post-graduation in

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from Calcutta University in 1946, with a first class and silver medal.

Career

After his post-graduated studies, he joined

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as a

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. Subsequently, he became a contractor, a sub-editor with the

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and assistant

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in a

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estate for some time and finally he restarted his teaching career in the Assam Engineering College,

in 1957 as a

. And he retired in 1982 as a

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. He died on 29 February 2008 at a hospital in

Literary works

Dutta Choudhury's major literary works are ''Madhupur aru Tarangini'', ''Agomonir Ghat'', ''Anahatguri'', ''Abichinna'', ''Prachir'', ''Godhuli and Anusandhan'' (all

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) and ''Baastab'', ''Beer Sainik'', ''Samudrateer'', ''Tarua Kadam'', ''Pratiksha'', ''Uttaran'', ''Mezaz'', ''Sheelabhadrar Kuria Galpa'', ''Nirbachita Galpa'', ''Madhupurar Madhukar'', ''Anya ek Madhupur'', ''Uttar Nai'', ''Dayitya aru Anyanya Galpa'', ''Biswas aru Anyanya Galpa'', ''Lagaria'' and several other collections of short stories. Many of his literary works have been translated into

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and Oriya by the National Book Trust, the

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and the Bharatiya Jnanpith. ''Smriticharan'' is his

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Novels

Short story collections

Autobiography

Awards and honours

Dutta Choudhury was honoured with the 1994

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for his short stories collection, ''Madhupur Bahudur'',''enotes.com'' List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners
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Assam Valley Literary Award The Assam Valley Literary Award ( as, অসম উপত্যকা সাহিত্য বঁটা) was conceived in the year 1990 by ''Williamson Magor Education Trust'' to honour creative writers who have enhanced Assamese literature. It ...

in 2001, the Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad award in 1990 and the Assam Publication Board award in the same year.

References

External links

Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Choudhury, Rebati Mohan Dutta People from Dhubri district 1924 births 2008 deaths Novelists from Assam Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese Scholars from Assam Indian newspaper editors University of Calcutta alumni Indian male novelists Indian male short story writers Recipients of the Assam Valley Literary Award 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian short story writers Journalists from Assam 20th-century Indian male writers Carmichael College alumni