Rita Chowdhury
Rita Chowdhury | |
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| Born | 17 August 1960 Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet, Editor |
| Education | M.A., LLB, Ph.D. |
| Period | 1981–present |
| Genre | Historical fiction, poetry |
| Literary movement | Assamese literature |
| Notable works | Deo Langkhui, Makam, Chinatown Days |
| Notable awards | Assam Sahitya Sabha award (1981) Sahitya Akademi Award (2008) Assam Valley Literary Award (2017) |
| Spouse | Chandra Mohan Patowary |
| Children | 2 |
Rita Chowdhury (born 1960) is an Indian poet and novelist who writes Assamese literature and is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award. She is the editor of the Assamese literary magazine Gariyoshi and a former director of the National Book Trust, India. She 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.