My 2nd post :- Atulananda Goswami

Atulananda Goswami :

                Noted litterateur and story writer Atulananda Goswami was born on 1st May 1935 at Adharsatra in Jorhat, Assam. Goswami come to limelight in the 1950s through magazines like Ramdhenu, Monideep, Prakash, etc. The first published story of Goswami, who worked with the State Fianance Department until 1993, was Topolae Morom. It was published in Ramdhenu edited by Dr Birendra Kumar Bhattacharyya.

                He has bogged the prestigious Shitya Academy Award for 2006 for his book Seneh Jorir Gathi, which was published in 2003. Goswami, who was conferred with several prestigious awards before, is the best known for his works Hamdoipulor Jon (1966) and Namgharia. He bagged the coveted Sahitya Sabha award for Namgharia, termed as one the most populer novels in Asomiya literature. It has also been serialized both by Doordarshan and All India Radio and been translator into twelve India languages.

                Sri Atulananda Goswami was conferred with Katha Award for "Pogola Hati" in 1992, while for "Barud", he was selected for both Ambikagiri Award and Kumar Krishor Award. Some of his works include 'Golpo', (1967), 'Rajpat' (1976), 'Ashroy' (1993), 'Baidhob Bilap' (2004), 'Boliya Hati', etc.

                A prolific translator he translates from English, Oriya and Bengali into Assamese and from Assamese into English. He is the Secretary of the Kamrupa Anusandhana Samiti, a research institute and today lives in Guwahati.