Barua, Birinchi Kumar, 1910-1964
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Name (Latin)
Barua, Birinchi Kumar, 1910-1964
Other forms of name
Barua, Birinchi Kumar
Birinchi Kumar Barua
Barua, Rasna
Rasna Barua
Date of birth
1910-10-16
Date of death
1964
Field of activity
Assamese literature
Occupation
Authors, Assamese
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
1910-1964
M.A., Ph.D.
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Author's Assamese literatures, 1941.
- The partings, 2004:
Wikipedia description:
Birinchi Kumar Barua (16 October 1908 in Puranigudam, Nagaon, Assam, India – 30 March 1964) was a folklorist, scholar, novelist, playwright, historian, linguist, educationist, administrator and eminent 20th century littérateur of Assam, with both scholarly and creative pursuits. He was the pioneer in the study of folklore in North East India, and was one of the many founders of Gauhati University. Barua's contributions to Assamese literature are significant, both as a novelist and as an early literary critic.
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