Kushal Dutta Biography

KUSHAL DUTTA Kushal Dutta (b.1975) is an Indian poet, journalist and editor writing in the Assamese language, has six collections of poems - Sonali EAGLE (The Golden Eagle) ,1999; Tokora Charair Bah (The Baya's Nest) ,2002; Electronic Charai (The Electronic Bird) ,2005 & 2013; Jnani Garakhiyai Jane Umonit Baha Charair Bah Kiya Bhangibo Nalage (Wise Cowherd Knows Why One Oughtn't to Break the Incubate Bird's Nest) ,2008; Guwahati Metrot Saurav Kumar Chaliha (Saurav Kumar Chaliha in Guwahati Metro) ,2015 and Paka Dhanor Kiriti (Wreath of Ripened Paddy) ,2019 - and three other non-fictions. He has also edited a number of literary, cultural, GK, cine books, magazines and souvenirs. He was awarded the Junior Fellowship for literature (2002-04) from the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, the prestigious Munin Barkataki Award (2003) from Munin Barkataki Memorial Trust, Kathamalita SaNman (2011) from Kathamalita Magazine and Srijan Sahitya Samman (2013) from Srijan Xahitya Sammelan (West Bengal) . Moreover, he has participated in several major literary events, including New Voices (Gloden Jubilee celebration programme of Sahitya Akademy, Bhubaneswar 2004, organized by Sahitya Akademi) ; the 51st Akashvani Kavi Sammelan (Ujjain 2007, by All India Radio) ; the 31st SAARC Festival of Literature (New Delhi 2010, by FOSWAL) , All India Poetry Festival (New Delhi,2016, organised by Sahitya Akademi) ; the 2nd KAVYA HOTRA (Goa,2016, organised by Goa Kala Academy) ; the 53rd South Asian Literature Festival (New Delhi,2017, organized by FOSWAL) etc. His few poems have been translated into all major Indian regional languages including English and also translated into some major languages of the world. His poems have been selected for MA Syllabus of Hindi, Cotton University and MA Syllabus of Assamese, North Lakhimpur College (Autonomous, under Dibrugarh University) . By profession Kushal Dutta is a journalist working with Dainik Asam, an Assamese daily from Guwahati, Assam, India. Contact: [email protected]