Dhruba Hazarika (born 1956) is an Indian novelist who writes in English language. He is the author of 'A Bowstring Winter', 'Sons of Brahma', 'Luck'.
Early life and employment
Hazarika was born in
Shillong
Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in ...
,
Meghalaya
Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of As ...
. After graduating from St. Edmund's College,
Shillong
Shillong () is a hill station and the capital of Meghalaya, a Indian state, state in northeastern India, which means "The Abode of Clouds". It is the headquarters of the East Khasi Hills district. Shillong is the list of most populous cities in ...
in 1976, he obtained his Masters in Economics from
Gauhati University
Gauhati University, also known as GU, is a collegiate public state university located in Guwahati, Assam, India. It was established on 26 January 1948 under the provisions of an Act enacted by the Assam Legislative Assembly. It is the oldest ...
. After briefly working as a salesman in
Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Straddling the Yamuna river, primarily its western or right bank, Delhi shares borders w ...
and as a lecturer at Jagiroad College, Assam, he joined the Assam Civil Service in 1983. He was the Director of Sports and Youth Welfare and Director (Operations), Assam. He is the president of the All Assam Taekwondo Association.
Literary career
He is the founder secretary of the North East Writers’ Forum established in 1997. His short stories have been published in various newspapers including the Sentinel and the Telegraph. A collection of his short stories , ''Luck'', was published in 2010 by Penguin. Hazarika’s first novel, ''A Bowstring Winter'' was published by Penguin India in 2006. His second novel, ''Sons of Brahma'', also by Penguin, was published in 2014. Dhruba is a recipient of the
Katha Award for fiction in English in 1996 and the DY365 Award for Literature for 2014.
Bibliography
* ''Luck'', Penguin Books, 2009, .
* ''A Bowstring Winter'', Penguin Books, 2006, .
* ''Sons of Brahma'', Penguin Books, 2006, ISBN
Awards
* 1996:
Katha Award for Creative Writing in English.
* 2014:
DY365 # Award for Literature
See also
*
Indian English Literature
Indian English literature (IEL), also referred to as Indian Writing in English (IWE), is the body of work by writers in India who write in the English language but whose native or co-native language could be one of the numerous languages of India. ...
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Literature from North East India
Literature from North East India ( as, উত্তৰ-পূৱ ভাৰতৰ সাহিত্য, mni, Awāng Nongpok Bhāratkī Loinasinlon) refers to literature in the languages of North East India and the body of work by English-langu ...
References
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Living people
1956 births
Indian male novelists
English-language writers from India
Novelists from Assam
Novelists from Meghalaya
Gauhati University alumni