Robin Dey

Robin Dey
Born	18 March 1922 Nazira, Sibsagar, Assam
Died	22 July 1980.
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Scottish Church College
Occupation	Novelist

Robin Dey (Assamese: ৰবিন দে; 18 March 1922 – 22 July 1980) was a noted Assamese thriller novelist and actor from Assam. He wrote Dasyu Bhaskar series and Paban series.^[1] Dasyu Bhaskar series included 62 books and the first book was titled Dasyu Bhaskarar Abirbhab (Appearance of Dasyu Bhaskar) in Assamese language which became popular among the readers in the seventies and eighties.^[2] Rongmon was a pseudonym or pen-name of Robin Dey.^[3] Porasor is sobriquet of Dey. He was also an actor.

Career

Robin Dey was born in a Bengali family near the Dikhow river in Nazira of Sibsagar district of Assam on 18 March 1922.^[1] He studied in Nazira and at the Scottish Church College at the University of Calcutta. He had completed his matriculation in 1943 and then left for Calcutta for higher education and later settled there as a proof reader in Assamese section of Soviet Desh magazine in 1960. Dey died on 22 July 1980.

Literary works

Besides the Dasyu Bhaskar series Rongmon had also written several other children's novels namely Daku, Paban Konwar and Parbatar Ringoni. His social novel Nipator pat serially published in Assamese magazine Amar pratinidhi and remained incomplete.

Bibliography

Dasyu Bhaskar Series

1. Dasyu Bhaskarar Abirbhab (Appearance of Dasyu Bhaskar)
2. Guha Manav Bhaskar (Cave Dweller Bhaskar)
3. Biman Judhot Bhaskar (Bhaskar in Aerial Fight)
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Non Series Novels

1. Daku - About friendship between two boys and a dog named Daku in an Assamese village.

See also

• Assamese literature
• History of Assamese literature
• List of Assamese-language poets
• List of Assamese writers with their pen names
• Archive of Bhaskar Series in National Library,Govt. of India, Kolkata
• List of Bhaskar series Novels.
• Dashyu Bhaskar Fan club in Facebook

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