Lakshminath Bezbarua
Indian poet, novelist and playwright / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lakshminath Bezbarua (Assamese: [lɔkʰminatʰ bɛzbɔɹuwa]]; 14 November 1864 - March 26,1938) was an Assamese poet, novelist and playwright of modern Assamese literature. He was one of the literary stalwarts of the Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism in Assamese literature when through his essays, plays, fiction, poetry and satires, he gave a new impetus to the then stagnating Assamese literary caravan.[1]
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Lakshminath Bezbarua | |
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Born | 14 October
1864 |
Died | March 26, 1938(1938-03-26) (aged 69) Dibrugarh, Assam, India |
Occupation(s) | Writer, Novelist, Dramatist, Poet, Editor, Satirist, Timber-trading |
Spouse | Pragyasundari Devi |
Parent | Dinanath Bezbarua (father) |
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He responded to the prevailing social environment through his satirical works to bring and sustain positive changes to the former. His literature reflected the deeper urges of the people of Assam.[2]