Hemchandra Goswami (1872–1928) was an Indian writer, poet, historian, teacher and a linguist from
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
in the early part of modern
Assamese literature
Assamese literature ( as, অসমীয়া সাহিত্য, translit=ɔxɔmiya xaɦitjɔ}) is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes the liter ...
. He was the fourth president of the
Asom Sahitya Sabha
The Asam Sahitya Sabha (; Literary Society of Assam) is a non Government, non profit, literary organisation of Assam. It was founded in December 1917 in Assam, India to promote the culture of Assam and Assamese literature. A branch of the organi ...
in 1920 held at
Tezpur
Tezpur () is a city and urban agglomeration in Sonitpur district, Assam state, India. Tezpur is located on the banks of the river Brahmaputra, northeast of Guwahati, and is the largest of the north bank cities with a population exceeding 100, ...
. He retired as Extra Assistant Commissioner in the British Assam..
Literacy works
Goswami published the first Assamese dictionary,
Hemkosh
Hemkosh ( as, হেমকোষ, ) is the first etymological dictionary of the Assamese language based on Sanskrit spellings, compiled by Hemchandra Barua. It was first published in the early 20th century under the supervision of Capt. P. R. G ...
by
Hemchandra Barua
Hemchandra Barua ( as, হেমচন্দ্ৰ বৰুৱা; ''Hêmsôndrô Bôruwa''), also known as Hem Barua was a prominent writer, social reformer of Assamese of the 19th century. He hailed from Sibsagar District of Assam. His fa ...
with the help of
Colonel Gordon in 1900. Some of his other works include Asamiya sahityar chaneki, Phular Saki (The Bunch of Flowers, 1907), which contains the first
sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Sithi' (A letter from the beloved), Kako aru hiya nibilao etc. 'Katha Gita' (Gita in Prose) of
Bhattadev was edited by him in 1918.
which contains the first sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Cithi' (A letter from the beloved)
See also
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History of Assamese literature
Assamese is part of the easternmost group of the Indo-Aryan languages. History of Assamese literature can largely be classified into three periods, including: Early Assamese period (6th to 15th century A.D.), Middle Assamese period (17th to 19th ...
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List of Assamese writers with their pen names
Assamese literature is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes popular ballads in the older forms of the language during its evolution to the contemporary form. ...
References
External links
Becoming a Borderland: The Politics of Space and Identity in Colonialby Sanghamitra Misra.
1872 births
1928 deaths
Poets from Assam
Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents
Writers from Northeast India
People from Golaghat district
Assamese-language poets
19th-century Indian poets
20th-century Indian poets
Indian male poets
19th-century Indian male writers
20th-century Indian male writers
Scholars from Assam
20th-century Indian linguists
19th-century Indian linguists
20th-century Indian historians
19th-century Indian historians
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