Role Poet Name Ganesh Gogoi | Genre Assamese literature Nationality Indian Died August 21, 1938 | |
Occupation Author, Poet and actor | ||
Sokunir Protisudh by Sandhani Moina Parijat (Part 1)
Ganesh Gogoi (Assamese: গনেশ গগৈ) (1907- 1938) was a poet of Assam and then he is remembered also as a lyricist, composer, playwright, actor and football player. He is also known as Papori Kobi.
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Life
Ganesh Gogoi was born at Jorhat of Assam on December 28, 1907. His father's name was Kanak Chandra Gogoi.
Ganesh Gogoi's childhood, student life in his native place Jorhat. Passed the Matric examination from Jorhat Government High School in the second division, After matriculation he admitted to Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam in the year 1926. He left for Kolkata in 1927 and was admitted to the Ripon College (now Surendranath College for higher studies. Later on he also admitted to the Kashi Hindu university (Now Banaras Hindu University), but did not complete his study. Ganesh Gogoi never married because he died at a young age of 30 on August 21, 1938.
Literary works
Some of his famous dramas had pictured in 'Jorhat theatre' where Ganesh Gogoi used to stage these dramas.
There are lots of songs were published some magazines like Banhi, Awahan, Ghar-Jeuti, Dainik Batori, Na-Jon etc. on that time. His only book on lyrics is titled Geetimala.