editor, poet, playwright, social reformer, teacher and short story writer of works in Meitei literature[1]
Language
Meitei language (Manipuri language)
Nationality
Indian
Citizenship
Indian
Education
B.A.
Alma mater
Gauhati University
Period
modern
Genres
existentialism, iconoclasm, metaphysics, modernism, philosophy in Meitei literature
Subject
Meitei literature
Literary movement
modernism in Meitei literature
Notable works
Tollaba Sha-dugee Wakhal[1]
Masina Imphalgee Wareeni[1]
Mapal Naidabasida Ei[1](Winner of the "Sahitya Akademi Award 1990"[2])
Sanagee Keirak[1]
Chatloiko Ei Mapham Kadaidasu[1](winner of "Manipur State Award for Literature 2011"[3])
Notable awards
the Manipur State Kala Academy Award, the Central Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jamini Sundar Gold Medal[4][1]
Nongthombam Shri Biren, better known shortly as Shri Biren or Sri Biren,[a] and also spelled as Shribiren or Sribiren,[a] was an Indian editor, poet, playwright, social reformer, teacher and short story writer of works in Meitei literature.[5][6][1]
His writings are characterised by the wrath and the mood of the loss of hope and confidence. He was active in writing in the 1960s and the 1970s. Most of his writings are predominant with the "iconoclastic extreme anger and questioning of everything in life". He was considered to be an angry young man of the 1970s, for his poem, Tangkhul Hui (Meitei for 'Tangkhul Dog').[5][7] He was known for portraying the lives of people in a metaphysical and philosophical way, protesting against the existing socio-political systems and institutions and attempting to break them, using symbolism and allegory as tools, as evident in "The Two Doors".[8][9]
He was bestowed with the Manipur State Kala Academy Award, the Central Sahitya Akademi Award and the Jamini Sundar Gold Medal for his poetry and short stories. Unfortunate to the Meitei literature is that he died at an early age, suffering from Parkinson's disease.[10][1]
^ abcdefghijkl"Adieu to 2011 and Adieu to Oja Shri Biren". Retrieved 22 August 2023.
^"Akademi Awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
^"Birendrajit Naorem Manipur State Award for Literature 2013 A Profile". Retrieved 22 August 2023. ... recipients of Manipur State Award for Literature: Year Writer Book Genre 2013 Birendrajit Naorem Turel Nangdi Poetry 2012 Kshetri Bira Nangbu Ngaibada Novel 2011 Shree Biren Chatloiko Ei Mafam Kadaidasu Poetry...
^Sivasankari (15 March 2020). Knit India Through Literature Volume 2 - The East. India: Pustaka Digital Media. p. 383.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ abGeorge, K. M. (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Surveys and poems. Sahitya Akademi. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0.
^Singh, Elangbam Nilakanta (1982). Aspects of Indian Culture. Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy. pp. 109, 112, 118.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^Iyengar, K. R. Srinivasa (1973). Indian Literature Since Independence: A Symposium. Sahitya Akademi. p. 173. Another young poet, N. Sri Biren, in his collection of poetry, Tollaba Sadugi Wakhal, (The thoughts of the poor animal', 1970) called everything in question and saw the death of God being followed by the death of Man.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^Indian Literature. India: Sahitya Akademi. 2008. p. 205. Shri Biren writes poems of political protest full of symbols and allegorical meanings "The Two Doors", for example, has deep philosophical implications about the meaning of life.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^Prachi: A Literary Digest of East Indian Languages. India: Sahitya Akademi. 1988. p. 210. ISBN 978-81-260-0274-0. Sri Biren, who has been an angry poet ready to break the existing systems and institutions, has mellowed down and reached the stage of reflection enquiring into the metaphysical aspect of life.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^Sivasankari (15 March 2020). Knit India Through Literature Volume 2 - The East. India: Pustaka Digital Media. p. 383.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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