Hiren Bhattacharyya

• Name — Hiren Bhattacharyya • Born — 28 July 1932 • Birthplace — Jorhat, Assam • Died — 4 July 2012 • Place of death — Guwahati, Assam, India • Other Names — Hiruda • Known for — Poet,Lyricist • Occupation — * Poet • lyricist • Organisation — All India Students' Federation (AISF) • Awards — Sahitya Akademi Award

• Illustration — The Final Journey of Hiru Da Bhattacharyya was born in Jorhat, Assam in the year 1932. His father was Tirthanath Bhattacharya and Mother Snehalata Bhattacharya. His father was a jailer. Due to his father’s occupation, he had to study in different parts of Assam from Dibrugarh to Guwahati. He started his education from Graham Bazar M.E. School, Dibrugarh. But during his studies there, his father shifted from Dibrugarh to Tezpur. As a result, Bhattacharya completed his early education in Tezpur. Not only in Tezpur, he studied in different sites like Mangaldoi,Golaghat,Guwahati etc. In 1945, he passed High School Leaving Certificate Exam from Cotton Collegiate School and got admission in B. Borooah college.

Bhattacharyya mainly worked in the field of Assamese poetry. He was the editor of several Assamese magazines and newspapers. Some of the newspapers he worked on are Chitrabon, Monon and Antorik. He was the poetry editor of the Assamese magazine Prantik for over three decades.

• Ancient Gongs (English Translation by Pradip Acharya) • Autumn and other landscapes (English Translation by Pradip Acharya)

• শসে্যর মাঠ মানুষ ও অন্যান্য কবিতা (Shoishyer Math Manush O Onyanyo) (2002) • শিকড় থেকে পাতা অব্দি (Shikor Theke Pata Obdi) (2011) • বৃষ্টি পড়ে অঝোড়ে (Brishti Pode Ajhode) (2011) Sample stanzas from his famous Assamese poems are:

• ল'ৰা ধেমালি (Lora Dhemali) (1991) (Cartoon art by Benu Mishra) • আকৌ ধেমালি (Akou Dhemali)(1991) • ৰৈ ৰৈ ধেমালি (Roi Roi Dhemali)(2008)