List of Tripuri writers

This is an alphabetical, referenced list of notable Tripuri authors

Authors

 

Nanda Kumar Debbarma at his home

• Aloy Deb Barma, anthropologist, critic, author, academic
• Ashit Debbarma, Kokborok novelist and short stories writer
• Bijoy Debbarma, novelist, poet, and activist

• Bikashrai Debbarma, Kokborok poet, critic, singer and songwriter^[1]
• Binoy Debbarma, linguist and lexicographer
• Chandra Kanta Murasingh, poet and short stories writer
• Karuna Nidhan Debbarma, former civil servant, critic, and writer
• Nagendra Debbarma, historian, novelist, and public intellectual
• Nagendra Jamatia, politician, writer, and activist^[2]

• Nanda Kumar Deb Barma, playwright, poet, singer, and songwriter
• Narendra Debbarma, poet, novelist, editor
• Ramesh Debbarma, Kokborok poet and lyricist
• Sefali Debbarma, poet, novelist, and short stories writer
• Shyamlal Debbarma, poet, novelist, and short stories writer
• Sudhanwa Debbarma, politician and novelist^[3]
• Sukhendu Debbarma, writer, historian and academic^[4]

References

1. "Vol. 49, No. 5 (229), September-October 2005 of Indian Literature on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
2. "Former Tripura Minister Late Nagendra Jamatia awarded Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Samman". KRC TIMES. 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2024-02-19.
3. "Kokborok language gains popularity". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 2024-02-19. During the early eighties, the first Kokborok novel, authored by the former Speaker of the state Assembly, Sudhanwa Debbarma, appeared under the title of Hachuk Khuriyo (in the lap of hills).
4. Debbarma, Sukhendu; Devy, G. N., eds. (2016). People's linguistic survey of India. Volume 28, part 2: The languages of Tripura / volume editor: Sukhendu Debbarma. Himayatnagar: Orient Blackswan. ISBN 978-81-250-6396-4.