Amulya Barua
Amulya Barua (Assamese: অমূল্য বৰুৱা) was a pioneer of modern Assamese poetry. He was born at Jorhat on 30 June 1922. In 1941, he passed matriculation examination from Jorhat Govt. Boys' H.S and M.P. School with letter marks in Assamese and in 1945 he passed his B.A. examination from Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat. Then he went to Calcutta for higher studies and admitted into the MA class of Calcutta University. But Amulya Barua was killed in the infamous communal violence of Bengal in 1946 along with many of his hostel mates at Raja Ram Narayan Street, Calcutta. His only collection of poems, Achina (The Stranger), was published in 1964 after his death. Some of his famous poems include Andhaaraor Hahakar (The Tumult of Darkness), Beishya (The Prostitute), Biplobi (The Revolutionary) and Kukur (The Dog).[1]
Amulya Barua | |
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| Born | 30 June 1922 Jorhat, Assam, British Raj |
| Died | 18 August 1946 (aged 24) Calcutta |
| Occupation | poet |
| Language | Assamese |
| Nationality | Indian |
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India, Edited By Nalini Natarajan
- Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology By K. M. George