Jayanta Madhab Bora
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Born19 August 1970
Dergaon, Golaghat district
Dergaon, Golaghat district
OccupationWriter, novelist
LanguageAssamese language
CitizenshipIndian
Jayanta Madhab Bora | |
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 Jayanata Madhab Bora at Assam Book Fair, 2025 in Guwahati | |
| Born | 19 August 1970 Dergaon, Golaghat district |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist |
| Language | Assamese language |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | Master's Degree in physics and B.Ed degree |
| Alma mater | Jorhat Science College Dibrugarh University |
| Notable works | Moriahola |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 & B. R. Ambedkar Literature National Award in 2019 |
Jayanta Madhab Bora is an Assamese novelist who was awarded with the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for Moriahola.[1][2][3]
The novel is set against the backdrop of the hamlet Moriahola that got submerged in the Brahmaputra.The author did research on materials collected on the socio-economic crisis of the village and the villagers for 25 years from 1985.
