Dhirendra Nath Bezboruah is an Indian journalist, writer and the founder editor of The Sentinel, a Guwahati-based English language daily.[1] Born in 1933 in the Jorhat district of the northeast Indian state of Assam, he started his career as a lecturer, after completing his post graduate studies at Reading University, UK.[2] When The Sentinel daily was established in 1983, he was selected as the founder editor, a post he held for a number of years.[3] He was associated with the Media Trust, Assam and was the working president of its celebration committee in 1992.[4] The many books he has published from Assamese into English includes The Cavern and Other Stories, a short story anthology written by Bhabendra Nath Saikia.[5] He received the B. D. Goenka Award for Journalism in 1997[2] and the Nachiketa Samman of Panchjanya weekly in 2001.[6] He is also recipient of Katha Award for translation. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2016, for his contributions to literature.[7]
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References
- ↑ This Is How Assam Shines Bright on the 67th Republic Day Today. Bordoisila(26 January 2016). Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dancing Earth: An Anthology of Poetry from North-East India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Penguin Books India(2009). ISBN 978-0-14-310220-5
- ↑ Padma Sri for DN Bezbaruah, three others. The Sentinel(25 January 2016). Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ History. Media Trust(2016). Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ The Cavern and Other Stories{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Nirvana Sutra(2012)
- ↑ BJP suffers because of setting high standards of probity for itself. Hindu Vivek Kendra(April 2001). Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2016). Retrieved 3 January 2016.
External links
- Ex-NEHU teacher gets Padma Shri(26 January 2016). Retrieved 25 July 2016.
- Media, Conflict and Peace in Northeast India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Vij Books India Pvt Ltd(24 July 2015). ISBN 978-93-84464-44-8
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