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'''Harekrishna Deka''' was a former member of the [[Indian Police Service]] who is now known for his writing. Although he began writing poetry as a hobby while working on the police force, he later quit to become a writer. He was the [[Director General of Police]] for [[Assam]] from 2000–2003.<br />
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==Poetry career==<br />
Harekrishna Deka is one of the most prominent poet-critics of his generation.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} He started writing poems and short stories since his student days. He was one of the most prolific writers of Assam's [[Ramdhenu Era]].{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}<br />
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He was awarded the [[Sahitya Academy Award]] for his poetic contribution in [[Ann Ejan]] in 1987, and he was awarded the [[Katha Award]] for his short story, ''Bandiyar'' (Prisoner) in 1995. After retiring as the DGP of Assam, Deka was the editor of the English daily, ''The Sentinel'' for brief period before serving as editor of the Assamese literary monthly ''Gariyasi''.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
He won the [[Assam Literary Award]] in 2010.<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
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===Poetry===<br />
* Swarabor (Voices) 1972<br />
* Ratir Sobhajatra (Procession by Night) 1978<br />
* Aan Ejan (Another One), 1986, also translated to Bengali and Oriya<br />
* Kabita 1960-1980 (Poems 1960-1980), 2002<br />
* Bhalpoar Babe Exar (A Word for Love), 2003<br />
* Xanmihali Barnamala (Mixed Alphabets), 2010<br />
* Sea-Scare (poems translated to English), 2001<br />
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===Short Stories===<br />
* Prakritik aru Anyanya (The Natural and other stories), 1900<br />
* Madhusudanar Dolong (Madhusudan's Bridge), 1992<br />
* Bandiyar (Captive), 1996, Also translated to Oriya<br />
* Post-modern athaba Galpa (Post-modern or Short Story), 2001<br />
* Mrityudanda (Death Sentence), 2006<br />
* Galpa aru Kalpa (Story and Fiction), 2009<br />
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===Literary Criticism===<br />
* Adhunikatavad aru Anyanya Prabandha (Modernism and other essays), 1998<br />
* Beekson aru Xandhan (Insight and Investigation), 2000<br />
* Dristi aru Sristi (Look and Creation), 2006<br />
* Nilamani Phukan: Kabi aru Kabita (Nilamani Phukan: the poet and his poems), 2010<br />
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===Novels===<br />
* Agantuk (Strangers), 2008<br />
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===Edited Books===<br />
*Tarun Prajanmar Kabita (Poetry of the Young Generation), 2005<br />
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===Translations===<br />
* Pratixarita Rashmi (Refracted Light). Translation of poems of [[Saint John Perse]], [[Yanis Ritsos]], [[Vasco Popa]] and [[Jaroslav Seifert]], 1992<br />
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===Social Criticism===<br />
* Prabrajan aru Anupravex (Immigration and Infiltration), 2010<br />
* Xarbabhoumatva, Xantraxvad aru Nagarik Xamaj (Sovereignty, Terrorism and Civil Society), 2010<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[North-East India]]<br />
* [[Assamese Literature]]<br />
* [[Literature from North East India]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://hkdeka.com/ Official Website of Harekrishna Deka]<br />
* [http://indianreview.in/the-assam-valley-literary-award-harekrishna-deka-2010/ Indian Review: Harekrishna Deka Wins the Assam Valley Literary Award, 2010]<br />
* [http://indianreview.in/an-interview-with-the-poet-harekrishna-deka/ An Interview with the Poet: Harekrishna Deka]<br />
* [http://indianreview.in/an-introduction-to-harekrisha-deka%E2%80%99s-poetry-by-prabhat-bora/ An Introduction to Harekrisha Deka’s Poetry by Prabhat Bora]<br />
* [http://www.museindia.com/showfocus9.asp?id=981 Harekrishna Deka: In discussion with Uddipana Goswami]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100807040759/http://my-guwahati.blogspot.com/2006/03/interview-with-harekrishna-deka-poet.html INTERVIEW WITH HAREKRISHNA DEKA, POET AND RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, BY UDDIPANA GOSWAMI ON 20TH MARCH, 2006.]<br />
* [http://varnamala.org/harekrishna.html Harekrishna Deka's Poems in Kavitayan]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110727060027/http://webspace.webring.com/people/tb/bipuljyoti/harekrishna.html The Prisoner - short story]<br />
* [https://archive.today/20130203115053/http://whitewings.sulekha.com/blog/post/2007/04/the-dawn-an-assamese-poem-of-harekrishna-deka-in.htm The Dawn (An Assamese Poem of Harekrishna Deka in Translation]<br />
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