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Purabi Bormudoi | |
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Native name | পূৰবী বৰমুদৈ |
Born | 8 May 1950 Deurigaon, Tezpur, Assam, India |
Died | 15 July 2019 Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Assam | (aged 69)
Occupation | Author |
Nationality | Indian |
Genre | Assamese literature |
Notable works | Shantanukulanandan, Baghshal, Baghjal Aru Manuh, Rupowali Noir Sonowali Ghat, Eta Alibatar Itikatha |
Purabi Bormudoi (8 May 1950 – 15 July 2019) was an Indian writer in the Assamese language, known for her social and periodical novels and short stories. [1] She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the Assamese language in 2007 for her novel Shantanukulanandan, a saga of the mighty Brahmaputra River [2]
Puarabi Bormudoi was born on May 8, 1950, at Deurigaon, a remote village near Tezpur town of Sonitpur District of Assam, She passed matriculation in 1967 from Tezpur Higher Secondary and Multipurpose Girls’ School. Bormudoi went to Gauhati University after completing graduation in History honours from Darrang College in 1970. [3] In 1973 she completed her master's degree in history from Gauhati University and decided to become a full-time author. Her first novel Gajaraj, Prem Aru Banditva was serialized in Gariyoshi, a literary magazine of Assam in 1998. In 1975 she was married to Dr. Ananda Bormudoi, a literary critic, writer and translator of Assam. [4]
After a severe accident in 2006, Purabi Bormudoi spent her life in a wheelchair until her death. [5] On July 15, 2019, following a prolonged illness, she died at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, Assam. [6] [7]