Homen Borgohain

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{{Short description|Indian writer}}
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| image = Homen-bgn.jpg
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| native_name = হোমেন বৰগোহাঞি
| native_name_lang = as
| birth_date = 7 December 1932
| birth_place = [[Dhakuakhana]], [[Assam]], India
| death_date = 12 May 2021
| death_place = [[Guwahati]], Assam
| occupation = Civil Servant,Author, Journalist, Poet, [[editor in chief|Editor]].
| nationality = Indian
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| genre = [[Assamese literature]]
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| notableworks = ''Pita-Putra'', ''Atmanusandhan'', ''Matsyagandha'', ''Dhumuha aru Ramdhenu', 'সাউদৰ পুতেকে নাও মেলি যায় (Xaudor puteke nau maeli jaai)'
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| website = [http://www.homenborgohain.com Official Website]
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'''Homen Borgohain''' (7 December 1932 – 12 May 2021) was an Assamese author and [[journalist]]. He was awarded the 1978 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in [[Assamese language]] for his novel ''Pita Putra''.<ref>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10301.htm#assamese Awards 1955–2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513055806/http://www.sahitya-akademi.org/sahitya-akademi/awa10301.htm |date=13 May 2008 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] Official website.</ref> He was also the President of [[Asam Sahitya Sabha|Assam Sahitya Sabha]] from 2001 to 2002.<ref name="asamsahityasabha">{{cite web | url=http://www.asamsahityasabha.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 | title=List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents | accessdate=7 December 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129233721/http://www.asamsahityasabha.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56# | archive-date=29 January 2013 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Despite his rural upbringing, Borgohain also addressed issues of urban life in his writing. In the early phase of his life Borgohain led an almost bohemian existence and the reflection of that particular life can be visualised in many of his early stories. He later became editor for a variety of publications. He also wrote several novels, short stories, and poems.

==Life==
Born in a small village in [[Dhakuakhana]], [[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Digital|date=12 May 2021|title=Breaking: Eminent litterateur, journalist Homen Borgohain no more » News Live TV » Assam|url=https://newslivetv.com/breaking-eminent-litterateur-journalist-homen-borgohain-no-more/|access-date=12 May 2021|website=News Live TV|language=en-US}}</ref> Borgohain went to [[Guwahati]] after completing matriculation from [[Dibrugarh Govt. Boys' Higher Secondary School]] and joined [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]] for higher studies. He married Nirupama Tamuli, famous in Assam as [[Nirupama Borgohain]] : one of the most popular writers of her generation and an exponent of early feminist writings in Assam. The writer couple wrote a novel called ''Puwar Purobi Sandhyar Bibhash'', which is the first and perhaps the only joint-novel written in Assamese.

Borgohain first edited an Assamese weekly newspaper ''Nilachal'' and later he edited the weekly ''[[Nagarik (daily)|Nagarik]]''. Afterwards, he served as a senior staff member of Bangali daily newspaper ''Ajkal''. Borgohain's editorial articles in ''Nilachal'' and ''Nagarik'' are edited by Dr. R. Sabhapandit and published in two volumes in Assamese.

From 2003 to 2015, he was the [[editor in chief]] of Assamese daily [[Amar Asom]]; he then worked as the editor in chief of another daily [[Niyomiya Barta]] from 2015 until his death.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Agarwala |first1=Tola |title=Days after testing negative, renowned Assamese litterateur Homen Borgohain dies at 88 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/renowned-assamese-author-and-journalist-homen-borgohain-passes-away-at-88-7312429/ |website=Indian Express |date=13 May 2021}}</ref>

He returned his Sahitya Academy award in 2015 in protest against the lack of tolerance being created at the Indian society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assam's Homen Borgohain to Return Sahitya Akademi Award |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/assams-homen-borgohain-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award-1231607 |website=NDTV.com |accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Punjab to Assam: Writer returns her Padma Shri, another his Akademi |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/punjabi-author-dalip-kaur-tiwana-to-return-padma-shri-more-writers-protest/ |website=The Indian Express |date=13 October 2015 |accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref> He died on 12 May 2021 at the age of 88 due to complications from [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=NewsDesk|first=|date=12 May 2021|title=Sahitya Akademi awardee Homen Borgohain passes away|url=https://thenewsmill.com/sahitya-akademi-awardee-homen-borgohain-no-more/|url-status=live|access-date=12 May 2021|website=The News Mill|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Novels==
* ''সাওদৰ পুতেকে নাও মেলি যায় (Saudor Puteke Nau Meli Jay)''
* ''হালধীয়া চৰায়ে বাও ধান খায় (Halodhiya Soraye Baudhan Khai)''
* ''অস্তৰাগ (Astarag)''
* ''পিতা পুত্ৰ (Pita Putra)''
* ''তিমিৰ তীৰ্থ (Timir Tirtha)''
* ''কুশীলৱ (Kushilab)''
* ''এদিনৰ ডায়েৰি (Edinar Diary)''
* ''বিষন্নতা (Bisannata)''
* ''নিসংগতা (Nisongota)''
* ''সুবালা (Subala)''<ref name="enajori">{{Cite web |title=Authors - enajori.com |url=http://enajori.com/literature/authors/ |website=enajori.com |accessdate=13 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703062421/http://enajori.com/literature/authors/ |archivedate=3 July 2013 }}</ref>
* ''মৎস্যগন্ধা (Matshyagandhaa)''

==Autobiography==
* আত্মানুসন্ধান (Atmanuxandhan)
* মোৰ সাংবাদিক জীৱন (Mur Xangbadik Jiwan)
* ধুমুহা আৰু ৰামধেনু (Dhumuha Aru Ramdhenu)
* মোৰ হৃদয় এখন যুদ্ধক্ষেত্ৰ (Mur Hridoy Ekhon Judhyokhetro)

==Non-fiction==
* গদ্যৰ সাধনা (Gadyar Sadhana)
* মানুহ হোৱাৰ গৌৰৱ (Manuh Huwar Gourov)
* প্ৰজ্ঞাৰ সাধনা (Progyar Sadhana)
* উচ্চাকাংক্ষা (Ucchakangsha)

==Editor of newspapers and magazines==

#[[:as:আমাৰ অসম|Aamar Asom]]
#[[:as:অসম বাণী|Axom Bani]]
#[[:as:নীলাচল|Nilachal]]
#[[:as:সূত্ৰধাৰ|Xutradhar]]
#[[:as:নাগৰিক|Nagorik]]
#[[:as:সাতসৰী|Xatxori]]
#[[:as:নিয়মীয়া বাৰ্তা|Niyomia Barta]]

==Awards==
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]
* [[Assam Valley Literary Award]]
* Nilamoni Phukan Award from [[Asom Sahitya Sabha]]
* [[:as:শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ বঁটা|Srimanta Sankardev Award]]
* [[:as:মৎসেন্দ্ৰ নাথ বঁটা|Matshendra Nath Award]]<ref name="মৎসেন্দ্ৰ নাথ বঁটা">{{cite news | url=http://amarasom.glpublications.in/Details.aspx?id=20815&boxid=13411250 | title=হোমেন বৰগোহাঞিক 'মৎসেন্দ্ৰ নাথ বঁটা' প্ৰদান | date=2 February 2015 | agency=glpublications | accessdate=2 February 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Assamese literature]]
* [[List of people from Assam]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

==References==
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==External Links==
* [https://www.thevoiceofnortheast.com/2021/05/eminent-litterateur-journalist-homen.html Homen Borgohain Obituary]
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