One of the major problems that research on Indian literature has to deal with is general lack of information on the life of authors. There are several works that deal with different aspects of an author’s life. There are also a few objectively written biographies. But far more important than such works become the details of an author’s life that can help an investigator conduct research not only on the person but also on the historical context that an author engages with in his or her writings.
Indira Goswami A Compilation on her Life, Works and Achievements is an attempt towards compiling information (or data) on the life and works of this celebrated writer and to facilitate research works on literature. Besides an introduction, the different chapters of the book tell the readers, a story of her life through an assembly of facts. The book has detailed list about the author’s fictions, on the translations of her fictions, details of the publishers who have published these works, plays and films being made on her works, her research works (Assamese literature and Ramayana) in terms of research papers and books, details of the various national and international seminars that she has attended, a few critical essays by scholars and extracts from newspapers and magazines to give a glimpse of popular reception of her works and finally an exhaustive chronology of her life. The last section of the book tries to tell the story of her life though various photographs. The photograph sections are divided into Family, Writers and Friends, Receiving Awards and Public Life.
Manjeet Baruah, New Delhi
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