Rita Chowdhury is the editor of the Assamese literary magazine Gariyoshi and a former director of the National Book Trust, India.
17 Facts About Rita Chowdhury
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Rita Chowdhury has been associate professor and lecturer at Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam in the Political Science Department and was active in the Assam Movement in the early 1980s.
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Rita Chowdhury's family moved to Guwahati in 1980, during the Assam Movement; she became involved in the movement and was jailed several times.
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Rita Chowdhury was in jail when her first novel was published in 1981.
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Rita Chowdhury holds a postgraduate degree in political science and a postgraduate degree in Assamese, as well as a doctorate in political science and a law degree.
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Rita Chowdhury is double MA in political science and Assamese from Gauhati University with LLB and Ph.
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Rita Chowdhury's thesis was on Society and Women psychology depicted in Nirupama Borgohain and Ashapurna Devi's Novels: a Comparative Study.
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Rita Chowdhury wrote her first novel, Abirata Jatra, within three months, and it was published in 1981.
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Rita Chowdhury won an award from the Asom Sahitya Sabha for this book.
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Rita Chowdhury then married politician Chandra Mohan Patowary and stopped writing until after the birth of her daughter.
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Rita Chowdhury then wrote a series of novels, including Tirthabhumi in 1988, Maha Jibanar Adharshila in 1993, Nayana Tarali Sujata in 1996, Popiya Torar Xadhu in 1998, Rag-malkosh in 1999, Jala-Padma in 1999, Hridoy Nirupai in 2003, Deo Langkhui in 2005, Makam in 2010 and Mayabritta in 2012.
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Rita Chowdhury received Sahitya Akademi Award in 2008 for the novel Deo Langkhui which is based on the Tiwas of Assam.
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Rita Chowdhury spent four years writing her novel Makam in Assamese, and it was published in 2010.
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Rita Chowdhury translated Makam into English, and it was published with the title Chinatown Days in 2018.
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Rita Chowdhury started her teaching career as lecturer in political science in Diphu Government College, Karbi Anglong from the year 1989 to 1991.
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Rita Chowdhury then worked as lecturer from 1991 to 1996 and as senior lecturer from 1996 to 2001 at Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam in the Political Science Department.
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Rita Chowdhury is married to the politician Chandra Mohan Patowary.