Medini Choudhury

Medini Mohan Choudhury (31 March 1928 – 13 February 2003^[1]), known by his pen name as Medini Choudhury, was a Bodo novelist, short story writer, columnist, critic and a retired civil services officer. He wrote thirty books in Assamese language and two books in English, including Ananya Prantor, a novel which is recognized one of the prominent writings in Assamese literature.

He also worked at literary magazines and newspapers such as Asomiya, a weekly newspaper, Dainik Santidoot and Samakaal. He worked as an editor for Sutradhar magazine, and primarily used to wrote stort stories, columns and essays for newspapers and magazines.^[2]

He was born on 31 March 1928 in Goreswar town of Kamrup district, Assam in a Bodo family.^[3] He graduated in 1949 from the Cotton College (now Cotton University).^[2] He had three daughters and four sons.^[4] Prior to joining civil services, he worked as a journalist. Later in 1956, he left journalism and started working as a government officer due to personal financial crisis. He also wrote a book titled Luit, Barak aru Islam that covers contribution of the Muslims to the Assam Movement.^[5]

Choudhury was suffering from medical complications, and was admitted to a hospital for medical treatment. He was later admitted to a medical college in Chennai^[2] where he died of myocardial infarction on 13 February 2003.^[11] He was cremated at Nabagraha crematorium in Assam.^[2]