(1942-11-14)14 November 1942 Guwahati, Assam, British India
Died
29 November 2011(2011-11-29) (aged 69)[1] Guwahati, Assam, India[2]
Pen name
Mamoni Raisom Goswami
Occupation
Activist, editor, poet, professor and writer
Nationality
Indian
Period
1956–2011
Genre
Assamese literature
Subject
Plight of the dispossessed in India and abroad
Notable works
-The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker -The Man from Chinnamasta -Pages Stained With Blood
Notable awards
Prince Claus Fund(2008) Padma Shri(2002) Jnanpith Award(2000)
Spouse
Madhaven Raisom Ayengar (died)
Indira Goswami (14 November 1942 – 29 November 2011), known by her pen name Mamoni Raisom Goswami and popularly as Mamoni Baideo, was an Indian writer, poet, professor, scholar and editor.
She was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award (1983),[3] the Jnanpith Award (2000)[4] and Principal Prince Claus Laureate (2008).[5][6] A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature, many of her works have been translated into English from her native Assamese which include The Moth Eaten Howdah of the Tusker, Pages Stained With Blood and The Man from Chinnamasta.
She was also well known for her attempts to structure social change, both through her writings and through her role as mediator between the armed militant group United Liberation Front of Asom and the Government of India. Her involvement led to the formation of the People's Consultative Group, a peace committee. She referred to herself as an "observer" of the peace process rather than as a mediator or initiator.
Her work has been performed on stage and in film. The film Adajya is based on her novel and won international awards. Words from the Mist is a film made on her life directed by Jahnu Barua.
Goswami in inauguration ceremony of a 2nd India Saraswati temple at Bijoy Nagar, Guwahati
^"Jnanpith award winning Assamese litterateur Indira Goswami dies". The Times of India. 29 November 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^"Mamoni Raisom Goswami passes away". Times of Assam. 29 November 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
^Das, Sisir Kumar (16 October 2005). History of Indian Literature. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 9788172010065. Archived from the original on 10 May 2016 – via Google Books.
^Jnanpith Award Presented, The Hindu, 25 February 2002 Archived 7 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
^"Principal Prince Claus Award for Indira Goswami". Assam Times. 11 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011.
^Chaudhuri, Supriya (2008). "Indira Goswami: Writer, Woman, Activist" (PDF). 2008 Prince Claus Awards. Amsterdam: Prince Claus Fund. pp. 30–43. ISBN 978-90-76162-14-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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