Medini Mohan Choudhury (31 March 1928 13 February 2003), known by his pen name as Medini Choudhury, was a Bodo novelist, short story writer, columnist, critic and a retired civil services officer. He wrote thirty books in Assamese language and two books in English, including Ananya Prantor, a novel which is recognized one of the prominent writings in Assamese literature.
He also worked at literary magazines and newspapers such as Asomiya, a weekly newspaper, Dainik Santidoot and Samakaal. He worked as an editor for Sutradhar magazine, and primarily used to wrote stort stories, columns and essays for newspapers and magazines.
Biography He was born on 31 March 1928 in Goreswar town of Kamrup district, Assam in a Bodo family. He graduated in 1949 from the Cotton College (now Cotton University). He had three daughters and four sons. Prior to joining civil services, he worked as a journalist. Later in 1956, he left journalism and started working as a government officer due to personal financial crisis. He also wrote a book titled Luit, Barak aru Islam that covers contribution of the Muslims to the Assam Movement.
Publications +Key Remarks denote a short description of the work where available.
# Title Year Type/Credited as Remarks 1Anonyo Prantor (Unique Peripheries)1975NovelIt was the first novel he wrote2Banduka Behar1976Novel3Taat Nodi Nachil (No River There)Novel4PherengadaoNovel5Aranya Aadim (Forests Primitive)Novel6Bipanna Samay (Endangered Hours)NovelThe novel was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 19997FerengadaoBook8Mahapurush MadhavdevNovel9Jadugharar KirtimukhNovel10Nibandhita AnubhavNovel11Luit, Barak aru IslamBookCovers contribution to the Muslims to the Assam Agitation12Yangjoo Nadir PaarNovel13Kholakotir TaalBook14Bipanna XamayBook15Bodo Dimasa of AssamBook16Tribes of Assam PlainsBook17Making a LeaderBook18Xihote KewalShort story
Awards and accordion Year Nominated work Award Category Result1997In recognition of his contribution to the Assam literaturePublication Board Assam Literary AwardLiteraturerowspan="3"1999Bipponna SamaySahitya Akademi AwardLiterature2002A state level award by the Government of AssamCulture
Death Choudhury was suffering from medical complications, and was admitted to a hospital for medical treatment. He was later admitted to a medical college in Chennai where he died of myocardial infarction on 13 February 2003. He was cremated at Nabagraha crematorium in Assam.
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