15 Facts About Arun Sarma

Arun Sarma was one of Assam's contemporary playwrights and is particularly known for his unconventional plays with some elements of drama.

Arun Sarma was awarded the Padma Shri in 2010 in recognition of his contributions to Assamese literature.

Arun Sarma has been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1998 for the novel Ashirbadar Rong.

Arun Sarma has won the Asam Sahitya Sabha's Best Playwright Award for two consecutive years and has the rare distinction of having won the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2003 for his contributions to drama and the Sahitya Akademi award in 1998 for literature.

Arun Sarma was the recipient of the Assam Valley Literary Award in 2005.

Arun Sarma was born in Dibrugarh where his father Tilak Chandra Sarma was the editor of The Times of Assam.

The young Arun Sarma did his schooling in Tezpur High School and completed his matriculation in 1948.

Arun Sarma began writing drama and poetry during this period.

Arun Sarma started his career in Guwahati in the editorial staff of The Assam Tribune in 1954.

Arun Sarma headed the Educational Broadcasting Section, and did pioneering work in using radio as a potent medium for supplementing classroom education.

Arun Sarma had a six-month training stint on Radio Programme Production in BBC, London, in 1969.

Arun Sarma served as Station Director of the Dibrugarh Station of the All India Radio and retired from government service as Director, AIR, North East Service from Shillong in 1990.

In 2005, Arun Sarma designed, scripted and executed a son-et-lumiere describing the history of Assam which is played daily at the Sankardeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati every evening.

In 1959, Arun Sarma married Arati, granddaughter of Assamese Freedom Fighter, Karmaveer Chandranath Arun Sarma.

Arun Sarma died on 27 March 2017 at the Medanta medical institute.