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'''Maitrayee Patar''' ({{lang-as|মৈত্ৰেয়ী পাটৰ}} is an Indian writer poet and musical artist<br />
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from [[Assam]] best known for her work in [[Assamese literature]] and [[new-age music]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.asomiyapratidin.in/axom-prakashan-parishad-kabi/ |website= [[Asomiya Pratidin]]|title= অসম প্ৰকাশন পৰিষদৰ কাব্যনুষ্ঠান 'বন্দো কি ছন্দেৰে সম্পন্ন |language=as|url-status=live|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.eleventhcolumn.com/2020/04/19/hunger-helplessness-hope-how-five-young-assamese-poets-are-spending-their-lockdown-days/|website= Eleventh Column|title=Hunger, Helplessness, Hope: How Five Young Assamese Poets Are Spending Their Lockdown Days|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/prog_22-23-sep-2017.pdf|website= [[Sahitya Akademi]]|title=Convention on Tiwa language|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Patar was born in [[Guwahati]] on 7 April 1990. She did her post-graduation in Sociology from the [[Delhi School of Economics]]. She also pursued [[Master of Philosophy]] in [[Women's studies]] from the [[Tata Institute of Social Sciences]], Mumbai.<ref name=goethe>{{Cite web|url= http://www.goethe.de/ins/in/lp/prj/ptp/ged/en16733400.htm|website=[[Goethe-Institut]]|title=About Maitrayee Patar|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Work ==<br />
===Literature===<br />
Patar is the author of poetry book ''Mor Kolmou Dinor Xonali Baat''(2015).<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.scientiabooks.in/product/mor-kolmou-dinor-xonali-baat/ |website= Scientiabooks – An Assamese book portal|title= Maitrayee Patar's book listing}}</ref><br />
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She had been<br />
selected for ''Poets Translating Poets 2019'' (January) edition, the prestigious cultural exchange<br />
workshop of literature of German and Indian languages, hosted by [[Goethe Institut]].<ref name=goethe/><br />
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Patar's poetry engages with, describes, or considers the natural world as well as the life of the women. Most of her poems have been translated into other Indian and foreign languages like Italian, [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Hindi]], [[Tiwa language|Tiwa]] and [[Malayalam]].<ref name=goethe/>She is a regular writer of leading literary magazines [[Krittibas (magazine)|Krittibas]], Satsori, Prakash, Nebedan and Jatra.<br />
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===Music===<br />
She is known for her [[New-age music]] under the banner of ''Baartalaap''. [[Rolling Stone]] India added Patar's [[Alternative rock]] song ''Dur Ximonat'' in their ''first playlist of 2020''.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://rollingstoneindia.com/rolling-stone-india-monthly-playlist-january-2/|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|title=Rolling stone India monthly playlist January 2020|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Activism==<br />
Patar along with the writers’ community of Assam demanded the release of [[Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti]] founder [[Akhil Gogoi]], who {{As of|2020|10|6|lc=y}} lodged in jail for his position within the [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|anti-CAA protest]].<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://thewire.in/rights/akhil-gogoi-covid-positive-jail-writers-letter|website=[[The Wire (India)]]|title=Akhil Gogoi: 100 Writers Demand Proper Treatment For COVID-19 Positive Leader in Jail|language=en|url-status=live|access-date=5 October 2020}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{SoundCloud|maitrayeepatar|Maitrayee Patar}}<br />
*{{iTunes | us/album/baartalaap/1509952627 }}<br />
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[[Category:1990 births]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Northeast India]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Guwahati]]<br />
[[Category:Indian female singers]]<br />
[[Category:Singers from Assam]]<br />
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