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{{Infobox writer
| name = Nabakanta Barua
| image = NabakantaBaruaPic.jpg
| birth_date = 29 December 1926
| death_date = 14 July 2002
| occupation = Poet, novelist
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
}}
'''Nabakanta Barua''' (29 December 1926 – 14 July 2002) was a prominent [[Assamese people|Assamese]] novelist and poet. He was also known as '''Ekhud Kokaideu'''. As Sima Dutta he wrote many poems in his early life.<ref name=":0" />

==Biography==

===Early life===
Nabakanta Barua was born 29 December 1926 in [[Guwahati]] to Nilakanta Barua, a school inspector and later teacher, and Swarnalata Baruani. He had three brothers: Devakanta, Jivakanta, and Sivakanta.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.vedanti.com/Legends/nabakanta_baruah.htm |title=Nabakanta Baruah |publisher=Vedanti.com |date=1926-12-26 |access-date=2013-03-31}}</ref> [[Devakanta Baruah|Dev Kant Barua]], the eldest among the brothers was the [[President of the Indian National Congress]] during the [[Indian Emergency (1975-1977)]] and served as the [[Governor of Bihar]] from 1 February 1971 to 4 February 1973. Dev Kant Barua was also a well-known poet, best known for ''Sagor dekhisa'', a collection of Assamese poems. At first the family lived in upper Assam, then moved to [[Puranigudam]] and lastly lived in [[Nagaon]] town.

===Education===
He started his education at a nearby school, then joined govt Mojolia school. In 1933 he was admitted to Nagaon govt boys in class 3, from there he completed his matriculation in 1941. After that he got admitted to [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]], but he lost two years due to illness. In 1943, he went to Shantinikaton (West Bengal). In 1947 he completed his B.A. with English honors and in 1953 M. A. from [[Aligarh Muslim University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assameseliterature.weebly.com/writers.html |title=AssameseLiterature.com - Writers |publisher=Assameseliterature.weebly.com |access-date=2012-12-19}}</ref>

===Career===
He worked in [[Uttar Pradesh]] at Shikohabad at A.K college , but the same year he had joined [[Jorhat]]'s [[Jagannath Barooah College]]. In 1954 he joined [[Cotton College, Guwahati|Cotton College]] and worked there until 1964. From 1964 to 1967 he worked at [[Board of Secondary Education, Assam|Assam Madhyamik Shiksha Parisod]] as an officer of English education . He again joined Cotton College, retiring as a vice principal in 1984.

He served as president of [[Asam Sahitya Sabha]]'s Dhing Adhibashan in 1968 and presided over Asom Sahitya Sabha's Bishwanath Chariali convention in 1990.<ref>[http://www.asamsahityasabha.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 List of Assam Sahitya Sabha Presidents], asamsahityasabha.com, accessed - 18 November 2012 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129233721/http://www.asamsahityasabha.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 |date=29 January 2013 }}</ref>

===Death and afterward===
Nabakanta Barua died on 14 July 2002.

==Awards==
*1974: Assam Prakashan Parisod Award, ''Mur aru Prithibir''
*1975: [[Sahitya Akademi Award to Assamese Writers]], ''Kokadeutar Har''<ref>{{cite web| url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/showSearchAwardsResult.jsp?year=&author=&awards=AA&language=ASSAMESE| title=Sahitya Akademi Award to Assamese Writers| publisher=Sahitya Akademi| access-date=16 November 2012| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107101418/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/showSearchAwardsResult.jsp?year=&author=&awards=AA&language=ASSAMESE| archive-date=7 January 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1976: [[Padma Bhushan]], Literature & Education<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
*1993: [[Assam Valley Literary Award]]
*1998: [[Kamal Kumari National Award]]<ref name="Syam Sharma selected for Kamal Kumari Award">{{Cite web |url=http://www.e-pao.net/GP.asp?src=25..210409.apr09 |title=Syam Sharma selected for Kamal Kumari Award |date=April 20, 2009 |publisher=E-Pao}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Assamese literature]]
* [[List of people from Assam]]
* [[List of Assamese-language poets]]
* [[List of Assamese writers with their pen names]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://indianreview.in/authors/navakantabarua/ Some writing of Nabakanta Barua] at indianreview.in
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060714/asp/guwahati/story_6465122.asp Remembering stalwarts of Assamese poetry - Navakanta Barua’s kin to pay tributes to poets associated with him on his 4th death anniversary today] at telegraphindia.com.

{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1970–79}}
{{Gangadhar National Award For Poetry}}
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in literature & education]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Gangadhar National Award]]
[[Category:Aligarh Muslim University alumni]]
[[Category:Assamese-language poets]]
[[Category:Poets from Assam]]
[[Category:Writers from Guwahati]]
[[Category:Asom Sahitya Sabha Presidents]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Assam Valley Literary Award]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Novelists from Assam]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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