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Jatindra Nath Duwara ( as, যতীন্দ্ৰনাথ দুৱৰা; 1892-1964) was a notable poet of the Jonaki era of
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 ...
. Duwara is known as Bonphulor kobi in the Assamese literacy society. He was the first writer awarded with
Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
in 1955 for his poetry book "Bon Phul". He was the president of the
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, the premier literary organization of
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in 1955 which was held at
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.


Short Biography

Duwara was born in Rangpur at Sivasagar district on 4 March 1892 to Shyamsundor Duwara and Punoyda Duwara. He had his early schooling at Sivasagar and then went to Calcutta for higher education. Duwara spent his whole life as unmarried. He died on 5 July 1964.


Literary works

Some of his literary works include: * ''Umor Titho'' (ওমৰ তীৰ্থ) - 1925 * ''Kotha Kobita'' (কথা কবিতা) - 1933 * ''Apun Sur'' (আপোন সুৰ) - 1938 * ''Bonphul'' (বনফুল) - 1952 * ''Milonor Soor'' (মিলনৰ সুৰ) - 1960 * ''Moromor Soor'' ( মৰমৰ সুৰ)


See also

*
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* List of people from Assam * List of Asam Sahitya Sabha Presidents *
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*
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যতীন্দ্ৰনাথ দুৱৰাৰ 'বনফুল'
at assameseonline.com .
অতীতক যোৱাঁহে পাহৰি
– a poem by Jatindra Nath Duwara at xophura.net . 1892 births Assamese-language poets Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents 1964 deaths Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese People from Sivasagar district 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Assam 20th-century Indian male writers {{India-writer-stub