Medini Choudhury

Medini Mohan Choudhury (31 March 1928 – 13 February 2003[1]), known by his pen name as Medini Choudhury, was an Assamese 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.

Medini Choudhury
Born	March 31, 1928 Goreswar, Assam, India
Died	February 13, 2003 (aged 74) Chennai, India
Occupation	Novelist Short story writer Columnist Critic Civil services officer
Language	Assamese, English
Alma mater	Cotton University
Subject	Social, Culture, Literature
Notable awards	Full list
Years active	1975–2003
Children	7

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.[2]

Biography

He was born on 31 March 1928 in Goreswar town of Kamrup district, Assam. He graduated in 1949 from the Cotton College (now Cotton University).[2] He had three daughters and four sons.[3] 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.[4]

Publications

Key

Remarks denote a short description of the work where available.

#	Title	Year	Type/Credited as	Remarks	Ref.
1	Anonyo Prantor (Unique Peripheries)	1975	Novel	It was the first novel he wrote[5]	[6]
2	Banduka Behar	1976[7]	Novel	N/A
3	Taat Nodi Nachil (No River There)	N/A	Novel	N/A
4	Pherengadao	N/A	Novel	N/A
5	Aranya Aadim (Forests Primitive)	N/A	Novel	N/A
6	Bipanna Samay (Endangered Hours)	N/A	Novel	The novel was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 1999
7	Ferengadao	N/A	Book	N/A	[4]
8	Mahapurush Madhavdev	N/A	Novel	N/A
9	Jadugharar Kirtimukh	N/A	Novel	N/A
10	Nibandhita Anubhav	N/A	Novel	N/A
11	Luit, Barak aru Islam	N/A	Book	Covers contribution to the Muslims to the Assam Agitation
12	Yangjoo Nadir Paar	N/A	Novel	N/A
13	Kholakotir Taal	N/A	Book	N/A	[1]
14	Bipanna Xamay	N/A	Book	N/A
15	Bodo Dimasa of Assam	N/A	Book	N/A
16	Tribes of Assam Plains	N/A	Book	N/A
17	Making a Leader	N/A	Book	N/A
18	Xihote Kewal	N/A	Short story	N/A

Awards and accordion

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
1997	In recognition of his contribution to the Assam literature	Publication Board Assam Literary Award	Literature	Won	[1]
1999	Bipponna Samay	Sahitya Akademi Award	Literature		[8]
2002	N/A	A state level award by the Government of Assam	Culture		[9]

Death

Choudhury was suffering from medical complications, and was admitted to a hospital for medical treatment. He was later admitted to a medical collage in Chennai[2] where he died of myocardial infarction on 13 February 2003.[10] He was cremated at Nabagraha crematorium in Assam.[2]

References

1. "Dreams of a writer unfulfilled - Literary world, family pay tribute to Medini Choudhury". www.telegraphindia.com.
2. "An era ends with Medini". www.telegraphindia.com.
3. "Medini Mohan Choudhury no more". Zee News. 13 February 2003.
4. "Blithe spirit lives on". www.telegraphindia.com.
5. Rajan, P. K. (9 September 1989). "The Growth of the Novel in India, 1950-1980". Abhinav Publications – via Google Books.
6. "Museindia". www.museindia.com.
7. "Syed Abdul Malik's Readers Have Trapped His Intellectual Vision Within His Religious Identity". The Wire.
8. "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::."
9. "Scholarships and Awards | Department of Cultural Affairs | Government Of Assam, India". culturalaffairs.assam.gov.in.
10. "Noted litterateur Medini Mohan Choudhury passes away". Hindustan Times. 13 February 2003.