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Dr. Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya was a famous Indian writer and one of the pioneers of modern Assamese Literature. He was first ever recipient of the Jnanpith Award given to an Bengali/Assamese writer, in the year 1979 for his novel Mrityunjay. He was also a recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese in 1961 for his Assamese novel Iyaruingom, which is considered a masterpiece of Indian literature. In 2005, a translation published by Katha Books as Love in the Time of Insurgency was released. Another famous novel written by Dr. Bhattacharya is Aai.
He was the President of Asam Sahitya Sabha during 1983-1985.
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