Dr. Naorem Bidyasagar Singh
Manipur State Kala Akademi Award 2013
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Dr. Naorem Bidyasagar Singh
DR NAOREM BIDYASAGAR SINGH
Akademi Award: Literature (Creative Work)
Born in 1972 at a place called Chaprou of Lakhipur locality in Assam’s Cachar District, Dr Naorem Bidyasagar Singh is a noted Manipuri poet, critic and translator.
A poet who is deeply entrenched in the political-socio-economic problems of his countrymen, his works are often themed on real life issues that confront the common men.
Serving as an Assistant Professor at Gurucharan College, Silchar, Dr Bidyasagar has published two books of poetry, one book of critical essays and edited two anthologies of poetry published by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, besides having translated a Bengali travelogue entitled Mani Mahesh into Manipuri.
His book of poetry Khungang amasung Refugee, which won him the Sahitya Akademi Award (2014), is a widely acclaimed piece of creative work that softly reflects the poet’s cry for humanism and patriotism in a society plagued by degraded human values and socio-political issues.
A true lover of Manipuri language, Dr Bidyasagar has been associated with several literary organisations of Assam as well as Manipur.
He has also been the editor of few periodicals published by these organisations.
His contribution to Manipuri literature can also gauged from his paper presentations at national and international level literary seminars and symposiums.
Besides Sahitya Akademi Award, he has been conferred with other honours including Thokchom Jogendra Memorial Gold Medal and Leima Award.
For his noteworthy contribution to Manipuri literature and for his poetry, Khungang amasung Refugee, Dr Naorem Bidyasagar Singh is honoured with Manipur State Kala Akademi Award.
* Daniel Chabungbam provided this information to e-pao.net
This article was posted on April 14, 2016.
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