TRIBUTE PAID TO ASSAMESE POET
HIRAN BHATTACHARYYA
Award-winning Assamese poet Hiren Bhattacharyya, 80, died of lung infection at a private hospital here Wednesday11th July,2012. Bhattacharyya, popularly known as Hiruda, was undergoing treatment at Dispur Hospital since June 14. He breathed his last at 11.20 a.m. Wednesday.
Known
as the 'Poet of Love and Sunshine', Bhattacharyya was honoured with the Sahitya
Akademi Award in 1992 and Assam Valley Literary Award in 2000.He penned at
least 11 collections of poetry and books on nursery rhymes. Many of his
poems have been turned into songs by renowned Assamese singers. His most
popular collection, 'Sugandhi Pokhila' ('Fragrant Butterflies'), has been
translated into English.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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