Biography
Bireswar Barua is a front-rank modern Assamese poet and the author of more than thirty books of poetry, novels, short stories, literary criticism, social and cultural history, autobiography and translations.
Bireswar Barua worked in the Civil Service. He was a member of the Indian Administrative Service.
He has authored several books including collections of poems and short stories, novels, an autobiography, poetry translations from Spanish, French, English and German, collections of literary essays and criticisms, works on social and cultural history and children?s literature. Achin Arao was included in his book Nirbacit Kavita (Selected Poems) which received awards from Bharatiya Bhasa Parishad, Kolkata and the Assam Sahitya Sabha. Barua was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award in 2003 for his book Anek Manuh Anek Thai Aru Nirjanata (Many People, Many Places and Solitude). ..
