Hemchandra Goswami
Hemchandra Goswami | |
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Born | Golaghat district, Assam | 8 January 1872
Died | 2 May 1928 Guwahati, Assam | (aged 56)
Occupation | Administrative officer, writer, poet, historian |
Language | Assamese |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Presidency college, Calcutta |
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Hemchandra Goswami (1872–1928) was an Indian writer, poet, historian, teacher and a linguist from Assam in the early part of modern Assamese literature. He was the fourth president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha in 1920 held at Tezpur.[1] He retired as Extra Assistant Commissioner in the British Assam.
Literacy works
Goswami published the first Assamese dictionary, Hemkosh by Hemchandra Barua with the help of Colonel Gordon in 1900. Some of his other works include Asamiya sahityar chaneki,[2] Phular Saki (The Bunch of Flowers, 1907), which contains the first sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Sithi' (A letter from the beloved),[3] Kako aru hiya nibilao etc. 'Katha Gita' (Gita in Prose) of Bhattadev was edited by him in 1918 and Purani Asam Buranji .[4] which contains the first sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Cithi' (A letter from the beloved)
See also
References
- ^ "Assam Sahitya Sabha is the foremost and the most popular organization of Assam". Vedanti.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2013. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ Sarma, Satyendranath (1976). Assamese Literature - S. N. Sharma - Google Books. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 9783447017367. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ George, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose - Google Books. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788172013240. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ Bareh, Hamlet (2001). Encyclopaedia of North-East India: Assam - Google Books. Mittal Publications. ISBN 9788170997894. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
External links
- Becoming a Borderland: The Politics of Space and Identity in Colonial by 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
- Writers from British India
- Historians from British India
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