Lakshminath Bezbarua

Lakshminath Bezbarua (Assamese: [lɔkʰminatʰ bɛzbɔɹuwa]]; 14 November 1864 - March 26,1938) was an Assamese poet, novelist and playwright of modern Assamese literature. He was one of the literary stalwarts of the Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism in Assamese literature when through his essays, plays, fiction, poetry and satires, he gave a new impetus to the then stagnating Assamese literary caravan.

Lakshminath Bezbarua
লক্ষ্মীনাথ বেজবৰুৱা
Born14 October 1864
Aahatguri, Nagaon, Assam, British India
DiedMarch 26, 1938(1938-03-26) (aged 69)
Dibrugarh, Assam, India
Occupation(s)Writer, Novelist, Dramatist, Poet, Editor, Satirist, Timber-trading
SpousePragyasundari Devi
ParentDinanath Bezbarua (father)

He responded to the prevailing social environment through his satirical works to bring and sustain positive changes to the former. His literature reflected the deeper urges of the people of Assam.

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