Atul Chandra Hazarika

Atul Chandra Hazarika was a most authentic and realistic modern day litteratur. Well proficient Assamese drama writer Atul Chandra Hazarika contributed a lot to the Assamese literature with his dramas and poems specifically. He is regarded as one of the pioneer of the Assamese drama literature. His contributions into the drama literature is very much appreciated and accredited. Sri Hazarika was one of the most remarkable and prominent contributor to the Assamese drama literature, he is a well known and much-admired drama activist of the modern era of Assamese drama and literature.

Atul Chandra Hazarika was among those prominent Assamese writers who contributed to a good extent for children with his creations along with his other valuable contributions in Bezbarua era of Assamese literature. He was one of the pioneers who translated novels of various languages into Assamese, in the Jonaki era of the Assamese literature in a very naturalistic and realistic way. A very sincere novelist he was a prominent Assamese litterateur. He was as a poet, dramatist, children story writer and a translator as well. He was bestowed the Honorary Title “Sahitycharjya” by Asom Sahitya Sabha, the premier literary organization of Assam. Atul Chandra Hazarika, obtained his M.A. degree from Calcutta University and started his service life as teacher of Assamese literature. He retired as a professor and head of the department of Assamese in Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam. Atul Chandra Hazarika was author of more than one hundred books in Assamese. He authored a record number of Assamese dramas to give a new lease of life to the Assamese stage. He also authored many story books for children. He translated many western classics like ‘Nila Chorai’, ‘Grisor Sadhu’, Andersonor Sadhu’ were very popular. He compiled and edited many works of great as well as many lesser known writers of Assamese, ‘Moroha Phoolor Koroni is such an example. He compiled and edited several works of Sahityarathi Lakhinath Bezbaruah Atul Hazarika was also a very socially involved person. He was associated with the founding committee, which organized for the first time Bihu festival on stage at a city pavilion in Guwahati some sixty years back. He was the President of Asom Sahitya Sabha during the year 1959. 1959.


Narakasur : drama (1928),
Nanda Dulal : drama (1928),
Sabitri : drama
Kurukkhetra : drama
Sri Ramchandra : drama
Champawati : drama
Nirjyatita : drama
Beula : drama
Kanouj Kuwori : drama
Chatrapati Shibaji : drama
Manas Pratima : drama
Kalyani : drama
Rangmahal : drama
Majiyana : drama
Banij kowar-translation of Merchant of Venice : drama
Asru Tirtha-translation of King Lear : drama
Sakuntala-translation of
Abhigyan Sakuntalam : drama
Rukmini Haran : drama
Aahuti : drama
Deepali : poem (1940),
Mukutamala : poem (1941),
Monimala : poem (1942),
Panchajanya : poem
Maniki Madhuri-children book : poem
Runuk Jhunuk-children book : poem (1953),
Raktajaba : poem
Tapoban : poem (1955),
Asomiya Naat aru Rngamancha,
Neela Chorai-translation-children literature : novel
Usobor Rongsora : prose (1963)
Usobor Bhogjora : prose
Bharat Jaewti-children literature : prose
Kotha Kirtan-children literature :
Kotha Dasam-children literature :
Onkiya Naator Saadhu-children literature :
Kabya Kahini-children literature :
Jaatokor Saadhu-children story book :
Greechor Saadhu-children story book :

Neela Chorai-children novel :

Birth: 1903
Death: 1986

Award/Honour: Sahitya Academy Award-1969 for Manchalekha

Padma Shri by Government of India in 1971.