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| birth_date = 1 April 1927<br />
| birth_place =Lakhimpur Assam<br />
| death_date = 9 September 1999<br />
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| occupation = Writer, Journalist, Lecturer<br />
| language = Assamese<br />
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'''Jogesh Das''' ({{lang-as|'''যোগেশ দাস'''}}; 1 April 1927 – 9 September 1999) was an Indian short-story writer and novelist from [[Assam]]. He was born in 1927.<ref name="ab">{{cite book|last=Dutta|first=Amaresh|title=The Encyclopaedia Of Indian Literature |volume=1|pages=869|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&q=folklore+of+assam%2C+by+JOGESH+DAS&pg=PA869 | isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 | year=2006 | publisher=Sahitya Akademi}}</ref><ref name="cd">{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaonweb.com/News1-84/ASSAMESE.html?newsid=336 |title=Assamese literature |publisher=India on web |accessdate=3 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224043254/http://www.indiaonweb.com/News1-84/ASSAMESE.html?newsid=336 |archivedate=24 February 2010 }}</ref> He won the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his book ''Prithivir Oxukh''.<ref name="cd" /> He is also associated with many cultural organization including the [[Asom Sahitya Sabha]].<ref name="ab" /><br />
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==Education and career==<br />
Das was the first [[Sonowal Kachari]] who was elected as a president in [[Asom Sahitya Sabha]].<ref name="ab" /> <br />
Das completed his MA in [[Assamese literature]] from [[Gauhati University]] in 1953 and then started working as a journalist.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}<br />
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==As a writer==<br />
Das emerged as a fiction writer in the early fifties. He has written short stories and novels with equal distinction. His first novel is ''Kolpotuwar Mrityu'' published in 1953. His second novel ''Daawor aru nai'' in 1955 established him as a powerful novelist. This book has been translated into all other major Indian language by [[National Book Trust]].<ref name="ab" /> His short-story collection ''Prithivir Oxukh'' brought him the prestigious [[Sahitya Akademi Award]].<ref name="cd" /> His "[[Folklore of Assam]]" which was originally in English and then in other Indian language, is a simple and comprehensive book on Assamese folklore.<ref name="ab" /><br />
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==Literary works==<br />
Some of his notable works are:<ref name="ab" /><br />
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===Novels===<br />
*1953: ''Kolpotuwar Mrityu'' (Death of Kolpotuwa)<br />
*1955: ''Daawor aaru naai'' (No more cloud is there)<br />
*1959: ''Jonakir Jui'' (Flame of the Firefly)<br />
*1963: ''Nirupai-Nirupai'' (Helpless... Helpless)<br />
*1965: ''Emuthi Dhuli'' (A Handful of Dust)<br />
*1967: ''Haazaar Phul'' (Thousands of Flowers)<br />
*1972: ''Nedekha Juir Dhowa'' (Smoke of an unseen fire)<br />
*1972: ''Obidha'' (Illegitimate)<br />
*1977: ''Naresh Maloti Aru'' (Naresh, Maloti and...)<br />
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===Story books===<br />
*1956: ''Popiya Tora'' (Falling Star)<br />
*1958: ''Andharor Are Are'' (Under the Shadow of Darkness)<br />
*1961: ''Triveni'' (Confluence of Three)<br />
*1963: ''Modaror Bedona'' (Grief of the [[Sunshine Tree]])<br />
*1965: ''Haazaar Lokor Bhir'' (A crowd of thousands)<br />
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===English books===<br />
*1972: ''Folklore of Assam''<br />
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==Awards==<br />
*In 1980, Das received the prestigious [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his collection of short stories ''Prithivir Oxukh''.<ref name="cd" /><br />
*In 1994 Das received the [[Assam Valley Literary Award]] for his contribution to Assamese literature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/20010102/ina02040.html|title=Assam Valley literary award for Assamese poet|last=Express News Service|date=2 January 2001|publisher=Indian Express|accessdate=3 February 2010}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Sahitya Akademi Award to Assamese Writers]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1927 births]]<br />
[[Category:1999 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian lecturers]]<br />
[[Category:Novelists from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male novelists]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Northeast India]]<br />
[[Category:Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Assam Valley Literary Award]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]<br />
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