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Harekrishna Deka is a former member of the Indian Police Service who is now known for his writing. He was the Director General of Police for Assam from 2000–2003.
Literary career
Harekrishna Deka started writing poems and short stories in his student days, and continued this as a hobby during his police career.
He has won the following awards:
- 1987 - Sahitya Akademi Award for his poem Ann Ejan
- 1995 - Katha Award for his short story Bandiyar (Prisoner)
- 2010 - Assam Valley Literary Award
After retiring from the police service, Deka briefly edited the English daily The Sentinel before editing the Assamese literary monthly Gariyasi.
Bibliography
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Poetry
- Swarabor (Voices) 1972
- Ratir Sobhajatra (Procession by Night) 1978
- Aan Ejan (Another One), 1986, also translated to Bengali and Oriya
- Kabita 1960-1980 (Poems 1960-1980), 2002
- Bhalpoar Babe Exar (A Word for Love), 2003
- Xanmihali Barnamala (Mixed Alphabets), 2010
- Sea-Scare (poems translated to English), 2001
Short stories
- Prakritik aru Anyanya (The Natural and other stories), 1900
- Madhusudanar Dolong (Madhusudan's Bridge), 1992
- Bandiyar (Captive), 1996, Also translated to Oriya
- Post-modern athaba Galpa (Post-modern or Short Story), 2001
- Mrityudanda (Death Sentence), 2006
- Galpa aru Kalpa (Story and Fiction), 2009
Literary criticism
- Adhunikatavad aru Anyanya Prabandha (Modernism and other essays), 1998
- Beekson aru Xandhan (Insight and Investigation), 2000
- Dristi aru Sristi (Look and Creation), 2006
- Nilamani Phukan: Kabi aru Kabita (Nilamani Phukan: the poet and his poems), 2010
Novels
- Agantuk (Strangers), 2008
Edited books
- Tarun Prajanmar Kabita (Poetry of the Young Generation), 2005
Translations
- Pratixarita Rashmi (Refracted Light). Translation of poems of Saint John Perse, Yanis Ritsos, Vasco Popa and Jaroslav Seifert, 1992
Social criticism
- Prabrajan aru Anupravex (Immigration and Infiltration), 2010
- Xarbabhoumatva, Xantraxvad aru Nagarik Xamaj (Sovereignty, Terrorism and Civil Society), 2010
See also
References
- Deka, S. Kumar (23 April 2019). "Former DGP of Assam finds #EVM and #VVPAT malfunction as he cast his vote". TIMES OF ASSAM. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- "Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ "The Assam Valley Literary Award : Harekrishna Deka (2010) : Indian Literature, Arts, Culture and History of India, Writers, Critics and Poets at Indian Review". 21 July 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- "1995 awards" (PDF). books.katha.org. Katha Books. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
General references
- Bora, Prabhat (28 October 2010). "An Interview With The Poet: Harekrishna Deka". The Indian Review. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
External links
- Official Website of Harekrishna Deka
- An Introduction to Harekrisha Deka’s Poetry by Prabhat BoraArchived 27 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Harekrishna Deka: In discussion with Uddipana Goswami
- INTERVIEW WITH HAREKRISHNA DEKA, POET AND RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, BY UDDIPANA GOSWAMI ON 20TH MARCH, 2006.
- Harekrishna Deka's Poems in Kavitayan
- The Prisoner - short story
- The Dawn (An Assamese Poem of Harekrishna Deka in Translation