Arupa Kalita Patangia
| Arupa Patangia Kalita | |
|---|---|
| Born | Golaghat, Assam |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer, professor |
| Language | Assamese |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Assamese |
| Alma mater | Debraj Roy College Gauhati University |
| Notable works | Mariam Austin Othoba Hira Barua |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award |
Arupa Kalita Patangia (aka Arupa Patangia Kalita, Assamese: অৰূপা কলিতা পতংগীয়া) is an Assamese novelists and short story writer and known for her fiction writing in Assamese.[1][2] Her literary awards include: the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award, the Katha Prize and the Prabina Saikia Award. In 2014, she received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for her short stories book named Mariam Austin Othoba Hira Barua.[3]
Biography
Arupa completed her Ph.D. from Gauhati University on Pearl S. Buck’s women characters.[4] Arupa Patangia Kalita teaches English at Tangla College, Darrang, Assam.[2]
Literary works
She has more than ten novels and short story collections to her credit. Some of these include:[2][5]-
- Novels
- Mriganabhi (1987),
- Ayananta
- Millenniumar Sapon (2002)
- Marubhumit Menaka Aru Anyanya,
- Kaitat Keteki,
- Rongamatir Paharto
- Felanee etc.
- Short Stories
- Mariam Austin Othoba Hira Barua
- Translated novels
- Dawn: A Novel, an English translation of Ayananta by Ranjita Biswas, was published by Zubaan, New Delhi. It has also been translated into Hindu.
- Felanee, another important novel, was translated into English by Deepika Phukan (also published by Zubaan) and shortlisted for the Crossword Book Award.[6]
- The Invitation is an English translation, by Arunabha Bhuyan, of Patangia Kalita's Assamese work Handpicked Fictions.
- Feature Films
- Arupa Patangia Kalita has written the dialogues for the critically acclaimed Assamese feature film Kothanodi (The River of Fables).
She released a collection of her short-stories, Alekjaan Banur Jaan, at the 20th Guwahati Book Fair.[7] Her short stories have been translated into several languages, including English, Hindi, and Bengali.[6]
A leading feminist from the North-East, she also writes extensively on questions of women and society.[citation needed]
Awards
Kalita's literary awards include:[8]
- Sahitya Akademi Award (2014),
- Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad Award,
- Katha Prize
- Prabina Saikia Award.[9]
She famously declined an award from the Asam Sahitya Sabha, on grounds of it being in the 'women-only' category.[10]
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External links
- Works by or about Arupa Kalita Patangia in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- The daughter, the wife and the mother , a short story by the author at bipuljyoti.in.
- a Review of novel Dawn by Arupa Kalita Patangia at scribblesofsoul.com.
- a Review of novel Felanee at womensweb.in.
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