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'''Apurba Sarma''' (born January 1, 1943) is a National Award-winning film critic and a Sahitya Akademi winning author from Halem, [[Sonitpur district]], Assam. He is one of the brothers of Arun Sarma who is also a Sahitya Academy Award winning author. He did his Masters in Economics at [[Gauhati University]] (1965). And later worked as a staff reporter at [[The Assam Tribune]] (1965–1967), as lecturer in economics at Nowgong Girls College (1967–1997), as principal, Nowgong Girls College (1997–2002), and as editor of Ajir Asom, an Assamese daily published by [[The Sentinel (Guwahati)]]. He is presently the founder-president of Xahitya Mancha Asom,<ref name="sentinelassam">{{cite web|url=http://www.sentinelassam.com/mainnews/story.php?sec=1&subsec=0&id=252664&dtP=2017-04-20&ppr=1#.WTBYpLFh1KM|publisher=sentinelassam.com|title=The Sentinel|accessdate=2017-06-01}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> a Guwahati-based society of writers and fans of [[Assamese literature]].<br />
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==Awards and accolades==<br />
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for Creative Literature in Assamese (2000)<br />
*[[National Film Award]] (Swarna Kamal) for Best Book on Cinema (2002)<br />
*[[Assam Valley Literary Award]] for Creative Literature (2015)<ref name="thehindu">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/Apurba-Sarma-gets-Literary-Award/article13974202.ece|publisher=thehindu.com|title=Apurba Sarma gets Literary Award - The Hindu|accessdate=2017-06-01}}</ref><ref name="indiatimes">{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/Lit-award-for-Apurba-Sarma/articleshow/50401781.cms|publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|title=Lit award for Apurba Sarma - Times of India|accessdate=2017-06-01}}</ref><ref name="assamtribune">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=mar0716/at052|author=TI Trade|publisher=assamtribune.com|title=The Assam Tribune Online|accessdate=2017-06-01}}</ref><ref name="raftaar">{{cite web|url=http://news.raftaar.in/award-apurba-sarma-guwahati-hindi-शर्मा-वैली-अवॉर्ड/detail/529340b66a748fbcf20ebc2f89b065d3|publisher=news.raftaar.in|title=अपूर्व-शर्मा-को-असम-वैली-अवॉर्ड &#124;Award Apurba Sarma Guwahati Hindi शर्मा वैली अवॉर्ड Hindi Latest News|accessdate=2017-06-01}}</ref><ref name="sentinelassam"/><ref name="business-standard">{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/apurba-sarma-awarded-assam-valley-literary-award-115123100668_1.html|publisher=business-standard.com|title=Apurba Sarma awarded Assam Valley Literary Award &#124; Business Standard News|accessdate=2017-06-01}}</ref><br />
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==Jury member==<br />
*National Film Award - 2005<br />
*National Film Award – 2007<ref>http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2008/jun/54th_nfa.pdf</ref><br />
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==Author==<br />
'''Books'''<br />
*Six anthologies of short fiction in Assamese<br />
*Axomiya Chalachitrar Sa-Pohar (Light and Shade on Assamese Cinema)<br />
*The Lone Ranger in a Forsaken Frontier (on the life of the pioneer filmmaker of Indian Cinema in the North East)<br />
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'''Features in journals'''<br />
* Filming 'Literature' (Deep Focus, Vol. VI 1996)<br />
* An Experience of Oppression in Assamese Cinema (Deep Focus, vol. VII No 3 &4, 1997–98)<br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Film Critics Circle of India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://filmcriticscircle.com/apurba-sarma/ FCCI official site]<br />
* [http://assamesebooks.com/fiction/423-nagarik.html Assamese Books]<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUY6P3ZrHas Youtube]<br />
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