Practice of Writing Science Fiction in Assamese Language: An Introduction

In Assamese literature, science fiction literature had its beginning in a magazine titled '˜Abahan' in the year 1937. The story that initiates the tradition of writing science fiction literature in Assamese is '˜Bisaratiar Desh' by Hariprasad Barua. Later on, the writing of science fiction drama and science fiction novel were also started. Some of the prominent writers such as Dinesh Chandra Goswami, Bandita Phukon, Abhijit Sharma Baruah, Ranju Hazarika etc. have written various stories,novels related with various aspects of science and thereby enriched the realm of Assamese literature. In the contemporary Assamese literary scenario, science fiction writing is established as a significant literary genre. Samutjal Saikia"Practice of Writing Science Fiction in Assamese Language: An Introduction" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-2 | Issue-4 , June 2018, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd15682.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/english/15682/practice-of-writing-science-fiction-in-assamese-language-an-introduction/samutjal-saikia