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Lakshmi Nandan Bora

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Lakshmi Nandan Bora

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1932-06-15 （Kujidah, Nagaon district, Assam, India）
Died
2021-06-03 （Guwahati, Assam, India） age 88
Nationality
India
Languages
Assamese
Religion
Hinduism
Residence History
Kujidah, Nagaon district → Ganeshguri, Guwahati

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Short story writer, Scientist, Professor of Physics and Agrometeorology
Active Years
1954-2021
Affiliations
Assam Agricultural University, Assam Sahitya Sabha, Assam Pollution Control Board

Education

Cotton College State University
Physics
Degree: BSc
Country: India
Presidency College, Kolkata
Physics
Degree: MSc
Country: India
Andhra University
Meteorology
Degree: PhD
Country: India
First PhD in meteorology from the university

Awards

Sahitya Akademi Award
1988
Work: Patal Bhairavi
Organization: Sahitya Akademi
Result: Winner
Saraswati Samman
2008
Work: Kayakalpa
Organization: K. K. Birla Foundation
Result: Winner
Padma Shri
2015
Organization: Government of India
Result: Recipient
Assam Valley Literary Award
2004
Result: Winner
Publication Board Assam Lifetime Achievement Award
2012
Organization: Publication Board Assam
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gonga Silonir Pakhi

1963 Novel
Adaptations
  • [Film] Gonga Silonir Pakhi / Padum Baruah (1976)
Translations
  • Translated into 11 languages

Patal Bhairavi

1986 Novel

Kayakalpa

2008 Novel
Translations
  • Translated into 22 Indian languages and English

Bibliography

  • Dristirupa
  • Nishar Purabi
  • Gonga Silonir Pakhi
  • Patal Bhairavi
  • Kayakalpa
  • Akou Saraighat

Health

  • COVID-19
    2021
    Cause of death

Legacy

Prominent Assamese litterateur who authored over 60 books, received prestigious literary awards, and worked as a scientist and professor at Assam Agricultural University.

Trivia

  • First person to be awarded a PhD in meteorology by Andhra University.