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'''Devananda Bharali''' ({{lang-as|দেৱানন্দ ভৰালি}}; 1883-1972) was a pioneer linguist, writer, translator and dramatist from [[Assam]].<ref name="Medhi1978">{{cite book|author=Kaliram Medhi|title=Studies in the Vaiṣṇava Literature & Culture of Assam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HeB83Pc8hCAC|accessdate=22 May 2013|year=1978|publisher=Assam Sahitya Sabha}}</ref> He also wrote many articles using the pen name of ''Miri''. He was born in June, 1883 in Sivasagar district, Assam to Ishananda Bharali.

==Literary career==
Bharali's writings are both in English and Assamese language. Some of his major works include:
* ''Asamiya bhashar moulik bicar aru sahityor chinaki'' (অসমীয়া ভাষাৰ মৌলিক বিচাৰ আৰু সাহিত্যৰ চিনাকি), published in 1912.,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookfinder.com/dir/i/Asamiya_Bhashara_Maulika_Bicara_aru_Sahityara_Cinaki/8173310270/ |title=Asamiya Bhashara Maulika Bicara aru Sahityara Cinaki (8173310270) by Debananda Bharali @ |publisher=Bookfinder.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-22}}</ref>
* Assamese Grammar in English (1902),
* A Study of the Phonology and Vocabulary of Assamese Language (1960).<ref name="Sebeok1972">{{cite book|author=Thomas Albert Sebeok|title=Current Trends in Linguistics: V. 9: Linguistics in Western Europe Pts. 1 & 2, and Index to Names|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JqYMTdBws40C&pg=PA142|accessdate=22 May 2013|year=1972|publisher=Walter de Gruyter|pages=142–|id=GGKEY:58UAB133QTX}}</ref>
* Cīnā Luitaea pāre, pāre (1972) <ref name="Bharali1972">{{cite book|author=Debananda Bharali|title=Cīnā Luitaea pāre, pāre|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4KcEHAAACAAJ|accessdate=22 May 2013|year=1972|publisher=Dattabaruwā}}</ref>
He was a regular writer in the Assamese magazines like "Usha", "Banhi". He had translated the "Macbeth" of [[Shakespeare]] into Assamese language for the first time.

Bharali's dramatical works include:
* Bhimdarpa (ভীমদৰ্প), an abridged translation of Macbeth published in 1910<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianreview.in/shakespeare-in-assamese-navakanta-barua/ |title=Indian ReviewAssamese LiteratureShakespeare in Assamese : Navakanta Barua |publisher=Indianreview.in |date= |accessdate=2013-05-22}}</ref>
* Srimonto Sankar (শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰ) (1944)
* Bihu (বিহু)

==See also==
* [[Assamese literature]]
* [[History of Assamese literature]]
* [[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha presidents]]
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Assamese]]
* [[List of Assamese-language poets]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

==References==
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==External links==
* Read online edition of [https://archive.org/stream/AxamiyBhxrMoulikBisr_16/ABMBexp#page/n0/mode/2up AXAMIYĀ BHĀXĀR MOULIK BISĀR] at archive.org.
* [https://archive.org/details/journalroyalasi65irelgoog/page/n410  Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland] by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

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