Harekrishna Deka is a former member of the Indian Police Service who is now known for his writing. He was the Director General of Police for Assam from 2000âÂÂ2003.
Literary career
Harekrishna Deka started writing poems and short stories in his student days, and continued this as a hobby during his police career.
He has won the following awards:
After retiring from the police service, Deka briefly edited the English daily The Sentinel before editing the Assamese literary monthly Gariyasi.
Bibliography
Poetry
- Swarabor (Voices) 1972
- Ratir Sobhajatra (Procession by Night) 1978
- Aan Ejan (Another One), 1986, also translated to Bengali and Oriya
- Kabita 1960-1980 (Poems 1960-1980), 2002
- Bhalpoar Babe Exar (A Word for Love), 2003
- Xanmihali Barnamala (Mixed Alphabets), 2010
- Sea-Scare (poems translated to English), 2001
Short stories
- Prakritik aru Anyanya (The Natural and other stories), 1900
- Madhusudanar Dolong (Madhusudan's Bridge), 1992
- Bandiyar (Captive), 1996, Also translated to Oriya
- Post-modern athaba Galpa (Post-modern or Short Story), 2001
- Mrityudanda (Death Sentence), 2006
- Galpa aru Kalpa (Story and Fiction), 2009
Literary criticism
- Adhunikatavad aru Anyanya Prabandha (Modernism and other essays), 1998
- Beekson aru Xandhan (Insight and Investigation), 2000
- Dristi aru Sristi (Look and Creation), 2006
- Nilamani Phukan: Kabi aru Kabita (Nilamani Phukan: the poet and his poems), 2010
Novels
- Agantuk (Strangers), 2008
Edited books
- Tarun Prajanmar Kabita (Poetry of the Young Generation), 2005
Translations
Social criticism
- Prabrajan aru Anupravex (Immigration and Infiltration), 2010
- Xarbabhoumatva, Xantraxvad aru Nagarik Xamaj (Sovereignty, Terrorism and Civil Society), 2010
See also
References
General references
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