Amulya Barua, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Amulya Barua

Indian writer

Date of Birth: 30-Jun-1922

Place of Birth: Jorhat, Assam, Assam, India

Date of Death: 18-Aug-1946

Profession: poet

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Amulya Barua (Assamese: ?????? ?????) was a pioneer of modern Assamese poetry.
He was born at Jorhat on 30 June 1922.
In 1941, he passed matriculation examination from Jorhat Govt High School with letter marks in Assamese and in 1945 he passed his B.A.
examination from Jagannath Barooah College, Jorhat.
Then he went to Kolkata for higher studies and admitted into the MA class of Calcutta University.
But Amulya Barua was killed in the infamous communal violence of Bengal in 1946 along with many of his hostel mates at Raja Ram Narayan Street, Kolkata.
His only collection of poems, Achina (The Stranger), was published in 1964 after his death.
Some of his famous poems include Andhaaraor Hahakar (The Tumult of Darkness), Beishya (The Prostitute), Biplobi (The Revolutionary) and Kukur (The Dog).