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Women writers from Assam
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The list Women writers from Assam includes
Anuradha Sharma Pujari, Mamoni Raisom Goswami, Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi, Nalini Bala Devi and Temsula Ao.
The list consists of 27 members.
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State in northeast India
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Anuradha Sharma Pujari
Indian writer
Overview: Anuradha Sharma Pujari (Assamese: অনুৰাধা শৰ্মা পূজাৰী) (born 1964) is an influential Assamese journalist and author. She is the editor of Sadin and Satsori. Her contributions to Assamese literature include ...
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Mamoni Raisom Goswami
Indian scholar and writer (1942–2011)
Overview: Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Indian editor, poet, professor, scholar and writer.Date of birth: 14 November 1942Date of death: 29 November 2011Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: ActivistGender: Female 0
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Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi
Indian writer
Overview: Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi (1932/1933 – 1 June 2004) was an eminent Indian poet, lyricist and folklorist associated with Assamese literature. She was the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1991 held at ...Date of birth: 1932Date of death: 1 June 2004Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: PoetGender: Female 0
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Temsula Ao
Indian writer (1945–2022)
Overview: Temsüla Ao (October 1945 - 9th October 2022) was an Indian poet, short story writer and ethnographer. She is a retired Professor of English at North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), where she taught since ...Date of birth: October 1945Date of death: 9 October 2022Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Rita Chowdhury
Indian writer
Overview: Rita Chowdhury (born 17 August 1960) is an Indian poet, novelist and Sahitya Akademi Award recipient in the world of Assamese literature. She has been working as an associate professor in Cotton College ... 0
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Reema Kagti
Indian film director
Overview: Reema Kagti is an Indian film director and screenwriter, who works in Bollywood. She made her debut as director with critically acclaimed Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd. (2007), which was followed by the ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: Film DirectorGender: Female 0
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Janice Pariat
Indian poet and writer
Overview: Janice Pariat is an Indian poet and writer. She was born in Assam and grew up in Shillong, Meghalaya.Nationality: EnglishOccupation: WriterGender: Female 1
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Manju Borah
Assamese film director and writer
Overview: Manju Borah (Assamese: মঞ্জু বৰা) is a multiple international and national award-winning Indian female film director and short story writer from Guwahati, Assam. Manju also served as Jury Member, Indian ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: Film DirectorGender: Female 1
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Eli Ahmed
Indian writer, scriptwriter, director, lyricist, costume designerOverview: Eli Ahmed is an Indian writer, scriptwriter, director, lyricist, costume designer, actress and social activist. She is also the editor, publisher and proprietor of ‘Orani’, the women's magazine. It is ... 0
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Karabi Deka Hazarika
Indian writer (born 1953)
Overview: Karabi Deka Hazarika (Assamese: কৰবী ডেকা হাজৰিকা) (born on 1 January 1953) is an Indian writer. She was born in the small coal mining township of Borjan in the Indian state of Nagaland. Her father, M ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: CriticGender: Female 1
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11.Overview: Pushpalata Das (1915–2003) was an Indian independence activist, social worker, Gandhian and legislator from the north-east Indian state of Assam. She was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1951 to 1961, a member ...Date of birth: 27 March 1915Date of death: 9 November 2003Age: 88 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: ActivistGender: Female 0
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Sheela Borthakur
Social worker and writerOverview: Sheela Borthakur is an Indian social worker, littérateur and the founder president of the Sadou Asom Lekhika Samaroh Samity (SALSS), a non governmental organization working in the socio-cultural and l ...Date of death: 21 June 2020Nationality: IndianOccupation: EducatorGender: Female 1
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13.Overview: Chandraprava Saikiani (aka Chandraprabha Saikiani) (1901–1972) was an Indian social reformer, writer and freedom fighter from Assam. She was the founder of The All Assam Pradeshik Mahila Samiti, a non ... 0
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Nalini Bala Devi
Poet
Overview: Nalini Bala Devi (23 March 1898– 24 December 1977) was a noted Indian writer and poet of Assamese literature, known for nationalistic as well as mystical poetry. She was awarded the Padma Shri by the ...Date of birth: 23 March 1898Date of death: 24 December 1977Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: PoetGender: Female 0
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Jahnavi Barua
Indian authorOverview: Jahnavi Barua is an Indian author from Assam. She is the author of Next Door, a critically acclaimed collection of short stories set in Assam with insurgency as the background. Barua lives in Bangalore ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Mitra Phukan
Indian authorOverview: Mitra Phukan (Assamese: মিত্ৰা ফুকন) is an Indian author who writes in English. She is also a translator and columnist.Nationality: IndianOccupation: WriterGender: Female 0
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Arupa Kalita Patangia
Assamese writerOverview: Arupa Kalita Patangia was born in 1956 and is an Indian novelist and short story writer and known for her fiction writing in Assamese. Her literary awards include: the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: WriterGender: Female 1
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Monalisa Changkija
Indian journalist and poetOverview: Monalisa Changkija is an Indian journalist and poet of Ao Naga ethnicity. She is the founding editor and publisher of the daily newspaper Nagaland Page. She was a member of the Working Group on Women's ...Nationality: IndianOccupation: JournalistGender: Female 0
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Chandraprabha Saikiani
Indian social reformer, writer and freedom fighter (1901–1972)Overview: Chandraprabha Saikiani (16 March 1901 – 16 March 1972) or Chandraprava Saikiani was an Assamese freedom fighter, activist, writer and social reformer considered to be the pioneer of the feminist movement ...Date of birth: 16 March 1901Date of death: 16 March 1972Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: IndianOccupation: ActivistGender: Female 0
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Nirupama Borgohain
Indian writer, journalist and novelistOverview: Nirupama Borgohain (née Tamuli; Assamese: নিৰূপমা বৰগোহাঞি; 1932– ) is an Indian journalist and novelist in the Assamese language. She is a Sahitya Akademi award winner, best known for her novel ... 0
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