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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Hem Barua<br />
| image = HemBaruaPic.jpg<br />
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| birth_date = 22 April 1915<br />
| birth_place = [[Tezpur]], [[Assam Province]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br />
| death_date = 9 April 1977<br />
| death_place = [[Assam]], India<br />
| occupation = [[Author]], [[Politician]]<br />
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'''Hem Barua''' (Assamese: হেম বৰুৱা) was a prominent [[Assamese language|Assamese]] poet and politician from [[Assam]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Born on 22 April 1915, at [[Tezpur]],<ref name="assam spider">{{cite web|url=http://www.assamspider.com/resources/3949-Profile-Biography-famous-Assamese-Poet.aspx |title=Profile and Biography of the famous Assamese Poet Hem Barua |publisher=Assamspider.com |date= |accessdate=2013-04-28}}</ref> Hem Barua obtained his M.A. degree from [[Calcutta University]] in 1938 and joined the J.B. College, [[Jorhat]], in 1941 as lecturer in Assamese and English. He left it next year during the [[Quit India Movement]] and was imprisoned in 1943. On his release, he joined the B. Barua College, [[Guwahati]], and later became its Principal.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hem Barua - Assams.Info|url=https://www.assams.info/people/hem-barua|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.assams.info}}</ref><br />
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==Literary career==<br />
Hem Barua was the author of several books. He became the President of the [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]] in its annual session held at [[Dhubri]] in 1972 and was regarded as one of the pioneers of modern literary movement in Assam.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Desk|first=Sentinel Digital|date=2015-04-22|title=Hem Barua : A Tribute - Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/editorial/hem-barua-a-tribute/|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Hem Barua left the Congress in 1948 and became a member of the Socialist party. Later he was elected as the National Executive of the [[Praja Socialist Party]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gauhati]] in 1957, 1962 and 1967 and from [[Mangaldoi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mangaldoi]] in 1967. He was the member of the [[Lok Sabha]] till December 1970.{{fact|date=September 2021}}<br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Adhunik Sahitya'' (1948)<br />
* ''Sagar Dekhicha?'' (1954)<br />
* ''Balichanda'' (1959)<br />
* ''San Mihali'' (1958)<br />
* ''Cupid Aru Psyche'' (1959)<br />
* ''Ranga Karabir Phul'' (1959)<br />
* ''Kannaki'' (1960)<br />
* ''Ei Git'' (1961)<br />
* ''Idle Hours'' (1962)<br />
* ''Assamese Literature'' (1962)<br />
* ''Sahitya Aru Sahitya'' (1962)<br />
* ''Achuphul'' (1964)<br />
* ''Man Mayuri'' (1965)<br />
* ''Bahagate Pati Jaon Biya'' (1969)<br />
* ''Smritir Papari'' (1970)<br />
Some more books written by Hem Barua are,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hem Chandra Baruah, Writer Hem Chandra Baruah, Hemkosh|url=https://www.indiaonline.in/about/personalities/writersandpoets/hem-chandra-baruah|access-date=2021-09-05|website=www.indiaonline.in}}</ref><br />
* ''Talxora''(Assamese) <br />
* ''Dak Pokhili''(Assamese)ghuj<br />
* ''Mekong Noi Dekhilu''(Assamese)<br />
And the most important of them all, a book on all the ethnic communities and the tribes of North-East India is,_<br />
* ''The Red River & the Blue Hill'' in English(1954)<ref name="assam spider"/><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Assamese literature]]<br />
* [[History of Assamese literature]]<br />
* [[List of Asam Sahitya Sabha Presidents]]<br />
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]<br />
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