Harekrishna Deka
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Harekrishna Deka was a former member of the Indian Police Service who is now known for his writing. Although he began writing poetry as a hobby while working on the police force, he later quit to become a writer. He was the Director General of Police for Assam from 2000–2003.
Poetry career[]
Harekrishna Deka is one of the most prominent poet-critics of his generation.[citation needed] He started writing poems and short stories since his student days. He was one of the most prolific writers of Assam's .[citation needed]
He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award for his poetic contribution in in 1987, and he was awarded the for his short story, Bandiyar (Prisoner) in 1995. After retiring as the DGP of Assam, Deka was the editor of the English daily, The Sentinel for brief period before serving as editor of the Assamese literary monthly Gariyasi.
Awards[]
He won the in 2010.
Bibliography[]
Poetry[]
- Swarabor (Voices) 1972
- Ratir Sobhajatra (Procession by Night) 1978
- Aan Ejan (Another One), 1986, also translated to Bengali and Oriya
- Kabita 1960-1980 (Poems 1960-1980), 2002
- Bhalpoar Babe Exar (A Word for Love), 2003
- Xanmihali Barnamala (Mixed Alphabets), 2010
- Sea-Scare (poems translated to English), 2001
Short stories[]
- Prakritik aru Anyanya (The Natural and other stories), 1900
- Madhusudanar Dolong (Madhusudan's Bridge), 1992
- Bandiyar (Captive), 1996, Also translated to Oriya
- Post-modern athaba Galpa (Post-modern or Short Story), 2001
- Mrityudanda (Death Sentence), 2006
- Galpa aru Kalpa (Story and Fiction), 2009
Literary criticism[]
- Adhunikatavad aru Anyanya Prabandha (Modernism and other essays), 1998
- Beekson aru Xandhan (Insight and Investigation), 2000
- Dristi aru Sristi (Look and Creation), 2006
- Nilamani Phukan: Kabi aru Kabita (Nilamani Phukan: the poet and his poems), 2010
Novels[]
- Agantuk (Strangers), 2008
Edited books[]
- Tarun Prajanmar Kabita (Poetry of the Young Generation), 2005
Translations[]
- Pratixarita Rashmi (Refracted Light). Translation of poems of Saint John Perse, , and Jaroslav Seifert, 1992
Social criticism[]
- Prabrajan aru Anupravex (Immigration and Infiltration), 2010
- Xarbabhoumatva, Xantraxvad aru Nagarik Xamaj (Sovereignty, Terrorism and Civil Society), 2010
See also[]
- North-East India
- Assamese Literature
- Literature from North East India
External links[]
- Official Website of Harekrishna Deka
- Indian Review: Harekrishna Deka Wins the Assam Valley Literary Award, 2010
- An Interview with the Poet: Harekrishna Deka
- An Introduction to Harekrisha Deka’s Poetry by Prabhat Bora
- Harekrishna Deka: In discussion with Uddipana Goswami[permanent dead link]
- INTERVIEW WITH HAREKRISHNA DEKA, POET AND RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, BY UDDIPANA GOSWAMI ON 20TH MARCH, 2006.
- Harekrishna Deka's Poems in Kavitayan
- The Prisoner - short story
- The Dawn (An Assamese Poem of Harekrishna Deka in Translation
- Writers from Northeast India
- Poets from Assam
- Living people
- Assamese-language poets
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese
- Recipients of the Assam Valley Literary Award
- Indian male poets
- 20th-century Indian poets
- 20th-century Indian male writers
- Director Generals of Assam police