Apurba Sarma
Apurba Sarma is a National Award-winning film critic (Swarna Kamal for Best Book on Cinema; 2002); Sahitya Akademi winning author (for Creative Literature in Assamese; 2002); and recipient of the Assam Valley Literary Award (for Creative Literature; 2015). He was the former editor of Ajir Asom, an Assamese daily published by The Sentinel Group. He is also the founder-president of Xahitya Mancha Asom, a Guwahati-based society of writers and fans of Assamese literature. He served twice (2005 and 2007) on the jury of the National Film Award.
Awards and accolades[edit]
- Sahitya Akademi Award for Creative Literature in Assamese (2000)
- National Film Award (Swarna Kamal) for Best Book on Cinema (2002)
- Assam Valley Literary Award for Creative Literature (2015)
Jury member[edit]
- National Film Award – 2005
- National Film Award – 2007
Author[edit]
Books
- Six anthologies of short fiction in Assamese
- Axomiya Chalachitrar Sa-Pohar (Light and Shade on Assamese Cinema)
- The Lone Ranger in a Forsaken Frontier (on the life of the pioneer filmmaker of Indian Cinema in the North East)
Features in journals
- Filming 'Literature' (Deep Focus, Vol. VI 1996)
- An Experience of Oppression in Assamese Cinema (Deep Focus, vol. VII No 3 &4, 1997–98)
External links[edit]
Professional[edit]
- Apurba Sarma at Film Critics Circle of India
- Apurba Sarma at Amazon