Hiren Bhattacharyya

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| name = Hiren Bhattacharyya

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| birth_place = Jorhat, Assam

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|07|04|1932|07|28}}{{cite web |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0412/at0154 |title=Poet Hiren Bhattacharyya passes away |publisher=The Assam Tribune |date=4 July 2012 |accessdate=4 July 2012 |archive-date=14 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514045256/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jul0412%2Fat0154 |url-status=dead }}

| death_place = Guwahati, Assam

| nationality = Indian

| other_names = Hiruda

| known_for = Poet

Lyricist

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| organisation = All India Students' Federation (AISF)

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| awards = Sahitya Akademi Award

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Hiren Bhattacharyya (28 July 1932 – 4 July 2012), popularly known as Hiruda, was an Indian poet and lyricist best known for his works in the Assamese literature. He had innumerable works published in Assamese and achieved many prizes and accolades for his poetry including Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for his anthology of poems 'Saichar Pathar Manuh'.{{cite web|title=Hiren Bhattacharjya|url=http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/hiren_bhattacharjya.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305005227/http://vedanti.com/legends/hiren_bhattacharjya.htm|archive-date=5 March 2016|website=vedanti.org|accessdate=11 May 2019}} He has been also known as 'Sugandi Pakhilaar Kobi'.

Early life

File:Hiru-Da-by-Vikramjit-Kakati.png

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.

Literary works

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.{{cite news |author=Sushanta Talukdar |date=5 July 2012 |title=Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya is dead |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3602991.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708024512/https://www.thehindu.com/arts/books/article3602991.ece |archive-date=8 July 2012 |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=The Hindu |location=Guwahati}}

= Assamese books =

He published anthologies of poetry include:{{Cite book |last=Collected by Saikia |first=Dr. Bipuljyoti |title=Hiren Bhattacharjyar Rachanawali |date=December 2020 |publisher=Publication Board Assam |isbn=978-93-84733-93-3 |edition=First |location=Guwahati, Assam |publication-date=December 2020}}

ৰূপালী নদী সোণালী সাঁকো (জয়ন্ত বৰুৱাৰ সৈতে যুটীয়া ভাৱে) (Rupali Nodi Xunali Xaaku with Jayanta Baruah), (1960)
ৰৌদ্ৰ কামনা (Roudro Kamona), (1964)
তোমাৰ বাঁহী (Tomar Bahi)1969
মোৰ দেশ আৰু প্ৰেমৰ কবিতা (Mor Desh aru Mor Premor Kobita), (1972)
বিভিন্ন দিনৰ কবিতা (Bibhinno Dinor Kobita), (1974)
তোমাৰ গান Tomar Gaan, (1976)
কবিতাৰ ৰ'দ (Kobitar Rod), (1977)
সুগন্ধি পখিলা (Xugondhi Pokhilaa), (1981)
জোনাকী মন : অনুষংগ (Jonaki mon), (1985)
শইচৰ পথাৰ মানুহ (Soichor Pothar Manuh ), (1991)
মোৰ প্ৰিয় বৰ্ণমালা (Mur Prio Bornomala), (1995)
ভালপোৱাৰ বোকা মাটি (Bhalpuwar Boka Mati), (1995)
ভালপোৱাৰ দিকচৌ বাটেৰে (Bhalpuwar Dikchou Batere), (2000)
হীৰেন ভট্টাচাৰ্যৰ বাছকবনীয়া কবিতা (Hiren Bhattacharjya Basokbonia Kobita), (2003)
সুগন্ধি শিপা (Xugandhi Xipaa), (2005)
কেইটামান গান (Keitaman Gaan), (2007)
কবিতাৰ ডালপাত (Kobitar Daalpaat), (2008)
শিপাৰ পৰা পাতলৈকে (Xipaar pora patoloike) (2009)
হীৰেন ভট্টাচাৰ্যৰ কবিতা :প্ৰথমৰ পৰা আটাইবোৰ (Hiren Bhattacharjyar Kobita: Prothomor Pora Aataibur) (2011)

= Collections of rhymes for the young and old =

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

= English =

Ancient Gongs (English Translation by Pradip Acharya){{Cite book |last=Bhaṭṭācārya |first=Hīreṇ |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42980666 |title=Ancient gongs: Selected poems of Hiren Bhattcharjya |date=1985 |publisher=Beaver Books; Selling agent, Naya Prokash |location=Guwahati; Calcutta |language=English |translator-last=Acharya |translator-first=Pradip |oclc=42980666}}
Autumn and other landscapes (English Translation by Pradip Acharya){{Cite book |last=Bhattacharyya |first=Hiren |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1284680543 |title=Autumn and other landscapes |date=2007 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-2500-8 |language=English |translator-last=Acharya |translator-first=Pradip |oclc=1284680543}}

= Bengali =

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:

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তুমিতো জানাই

এই কবিৰ আৰু একো নাই।

এটাই মাথোঁ কামিজ

তাৰো ছিগো-ছিগো চিলাই।

প্ৰেম নিশ্চয় এনেকুৱাই

আৱৰণ খুলি হৃদয় জুৰায়।

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{{blockquote|মৃত্যুওতো এটা শিল্প, জীৱনৰ কঠিন শিলত কটা এটি নিৰ্লোভ ভাষ্কৰ্য!|sign=Hiren Bhattacharya|source=}}

Awards

Raghunath Choudhary Award, 1976
Rajaji Puroskar, 1984-85 awarded by Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan
Bishnu Prasad Rabha Award, 1985
Soviet Land Nehru Award, 1987
Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992 for his anthology of poems 'Saichor Pathar Manuh'.
Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award in 1993
Souharda Samman of Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sangsthan, 1993
Assam Valley Literary Award, (Asom Upotyoka Sahitya Bota) 2000 awarded by Megor Sikhya Nyash
Ganesh Gogoi Award of the Assam Government, 2009
Padmanath Vidyabinod Smriti Sahitya Puraskar in 2011

Source{{Cite book |last=Collected by Saikia |first=Dr. Bipuljyoti |title=Hiren Bhattacharyar Rachanawali |date=2020 |publisher=Asama Prakāśana Parishada |isbn=978-93-84733-93-3 |edition=First |location=Guwahati, Assam}}