Anuradha Sharma Pujari

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Anuradha Sharma Pujari
Born1964
Jorhat, Assam, India
Occupation Author, Journalist, Poet
Nationality Indian
Period1997–present.
Genre Assamese literature
Notable worksThe Heart's a Showbiz, In Search of a God, Kanchan (book)|Kanchan, Autograph (autobiography)|Autograph, Yat Ekhon Aranya Asi (novel)
Notable awards Sahitya Akademi Award (2021)
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Anuradha Sharma Pujari (born 1964) is an Assamese journalist and author. [1] She is the editor of Sadin [2] and Satsori. [3] Her contributions to Assamese literature include fiction and essays. [4] She lives in Panjabari, Guwahati. Her first novel is Hriday Ek Bigyapan.

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Early life

Born in Jorhat, she studied sociology at the Dibrugarh University, and journalism at the Birla Institute of Liberal Arts and Management Sciences, Kolkata. She gained popularity with her column in Letters from Kolkata in Asom Bani weekly and fame with her novel The Heart's a Showbiz . [5] First published in 1998, it was hailed by Homen Borgohain as a contemporary classic. His review said it raised some basic questions about modern Assamese life that no other writer had raised before. [1] The novel went on to printings of 14 editions. [6]

Professional career

The author was the guest of honour at National bravery award presentation hosted by the Indian Council for Child Welfare, Assam, in collaboration with Ladies' and Children's Recreation Centre and the Kamrup District Council for Child Welfare at Hem Sishu Sadan in Guwahati. [7] Anuradha Sharma Pujari's Hridoi Ek Bigyapan was, along with Amritjyoti Mahanta's first novel Adhagara Mahanogoror Probashi, one of only two novels in Assamese "that deals with the glamorous world of media and communication in all its complexities". [5]

Anuradha Sarma Pujari (born 1964) has been called "one of the most popular writers of this generation", and her work described as traversing "the varied textures of human conflict" and covering the tension between the society and the individual including explorations of femininity and "the gaps that exist between people in a relationship". [4]

Bibliography

Novels

Short story collections

Autobiographical non-fiction

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 Kashyap, Aruni (2 July 2008). "An Interview With Anuradha Sharma Pujari". My Xofura (Blog). Archived from the original on 5 August 2010.
  2. Choudhury, Shankhadeep (23 January 2002). "Jounalist [sic] accused of blackmail in Assam". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2018. Anuradha Sharma Pujari, editor of the popular Assamese weekly, Sadin, which carried the controversial story, stood by the report.
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