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'''Ganesh Gogoi''' (1907– 1938) was a poet of [[Assam]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=655 |title=Music of India Website |access-date=24 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029140413/http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=655 |archive-date=29 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is remembered also as a lyricist, composer, playwright, actor and football player. He is also known as '''Papori Kobi'''.<br />
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==Life==<br />
Ganesh Gogoi was born at [[Jorhat]] of Assam on 28 December 1907. His father's name was Kanak Chandra Gogoi.<ref name="bipuljyoti">{{Cite web |url=http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/ganeshgogoi.html |title=Ganesh Gogoi – A Versatile Genius, by Babul Tamuli, Source, Bipuljyoti.in |access-date=24 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501064051/http://www.bipuljyoti.in/authors/ganeshgogoi.html |archive-date=1 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Ganesh Gogoi spent his childhood and student life in his native place Jorhat. He passed the Matric examination from [[Jorhat Govt. Boys' H.S and M.P. School|Jorhat Government High School]] in the second division. After matriculation, he was admitted to [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]], Guwahati, Assam in the year 1926. He left for Kolkata in 1927 and was admitted to Ripon College (now [[Surendranath College|called Surendranath College]]) for higher studies. Later on he also got admission to the Kashi Hindu university (Now [[Banaras Hindu University]]), but did not complete his study<br />
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Some of his famous dramas had pictured in '[[Jorhat Theatre]]' where Ganesh Gogoi used to stage these dramas.<br />
;Drama<br />
* Jerengar Sati (1937)<br />
* Sakunir Pratisodh<br />
* Kashmir Kurmari<br />
* Lachit<br />
* Kuri Satika, etc.<br />
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; Poetry<br />
* Papori (1934) A romantic Assamese poetry book.<br />
* Swapna bhanga (1934)<br />
* Rupajyoti (1945)<br />
* Naoria<br />
* Boragi<br />
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Many songs were published in magazines like Banhi, Awahan, Ghar-Jeuti, Dainik Batori, Na-Jon, etc. at that time. His only book on lyrics is titled Geetimala. Former [[Chief Minister of Assam]] [[Tarun Gogoi]] was his nephew.<br />
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==Honours==<br />
* The [[Government of Assam]] to institute an award in the name of Ganesh Gogoi from the year 2009. This film was officially selected for South Asian Film Festival 2007 at Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/sep1109/rv.html# |title=Ganesh Gogoi Award to Hiren Bhattacharya |publisher=[[The Assam Tribune]] |access-date=24 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718050332/http://www.assamtribune.com/sep1109/rv.html# |archive-date=18 July 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
* A documentary entitled ''Ganesh Gogoir Jiban Surabhi'' has been produced on his life and works.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}<br />
* A park named as '''Ganesh Gogoi Kabita Kanan''' after him in Jorhat, Assam.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Indian writers]]<br />
* [[List of Indian poets]]<br />
* [[Assamese literature]]<br />
* [[Music of Assam]]<br />
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [http://www.xophura.net/poetry/ganeshgogoi_xoundarya Xoundarya aru Kobi, one poem of Ganesh Gogoi at Sofura] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322060155/http://www.xophura.net/poetry/ganeshgogoi_xoundarya |date=22 March 2020 }}<br />
; Books:<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=20Y_AAAAIAAJ&q=Ganesh+Gogoi History of Assamese literature], by [[Birinchi Kumar Barua]]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=bMsGmbALl5sC&dq=Ganesh+Gogoi&pg=PA84 Assamese literature: Volume 9, Part 2 – Page 84], [[Satyendranath Sarma]]<br />
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&dq=Ganesh+Gogoi&pg=PA1434 Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: devraj to jyoti, Amaresh Datta]<br />
; Audio:<br />
* [http://www.hummaa.com/music/artist/ganesh-gogoi/13313 Regha Dibo Lage Jodi (1979) Audio song]<br />
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[[Category:People from Jorhat district]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Assamese actors]]<br />
[[Category:1907 births]]<br />
[[Category:1938 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Surendranath College alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]</div>AndersonMcFarlan