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Hiren Gohain was born on 1939 in Golaghat, Assam, India, is a Scholar, literary critic, poet and social scientist. Discover Hiren Gohain's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?
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Hiren Gohain |
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Scholar, literary critic, social scientist |
| Age |
85 years old |
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1939, 1939 |
| Birthday |
1939 |
| Birthplace |
Golaghat, Assam, India |
| Nationality |
India
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Hiren Gohain Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Hiren Gohain's Wife?
His wife is Rani Gohain
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Rani Gohain |
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Hiren Gohain Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Hiren Gohain worth at the age of 85 years old? Hiren Gohain’s income source is mostly from being a successful poet. He is from India. We have estimated Hiren Gohain's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
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| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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| Source of Income |
poet |
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Hiren Gohain (born 1939) is a scholar, writer, literary critic, and social scientist from the Indian state of Assam.
Gohain studied in Cotton College, and did his graduation from Presidency College, Calcutta and then moved to Delhi University to pursue his post-graduation in English literature.
After completion of his master's degree, for some time, he became a lecturer in Kirori Mal College of Delhi University.
His book 'Assam A Burning Question' is a compilation of several essays on the socio-political crisis confronting Assam in the context of Assam Movement written in the mid-1980s, and the period dominated by extremism.
Recently, he played an important role in the mediation of peace talks between the Government of India and the Assamese insurgent group ULFA.
He was the founder president of the Asomiya Sahitya Sanmilani.He is a recipient of Sahitya Aademy award for his book on Sankardev.
Gohain has been a voice of Assam as critic of Assamese national extremism, Hindutva extremism and socio-political issues.
Gohain opposed the citizenship (Amendment) Act and equated the exclusion of Muslims from the CAA purview of the as a move similar to that of the pogrom against the Jews by Nazis in Germany during World War II.
Gohain has been a strong critic of Narendra Modi.
Gohain participated in an anti-CAA protest organised by the All Assam Journalists Union in front of Guwahati Press Club.
Later, he went to the Cambridge University for doctoral research on the topic 'Paradise Lost and the 17th Century Crisis' later published as 'Tradition and Paradise Lost: A Heretical View', a work highly acclaimed for its original research and fresh perspective.
After coming back from Cambridge, he became a professor at the Department of English in Gauhati University.
It was Gohain who for the first time brought the ideas and methods of Anglo-American New Criticism to the study of Assamese/Indian literature in Assamese.
While studying in Cambridge, he had an eclectic radical ideology but later on, after his return to India, he became a Marxist.
It was he who adapted the ideas of critics like György Lukács, Antonio Gramsci, and other critics into the nascent field of Assamese literary criticism.
Some of his books in Assamese are Sahityar Satya, Sahitya Aru Chetana, Biswayatan, Asomiya Jatiya Jibanat Mahapurushiya Paramapara, Assam: A Burning Question and several other significant and widely read books.
He has also written 4 volumes of memoirs which are also relevant for their incorporation of social and historical content.
He is a contributor to journals such as Economic and Political Weekly, Frontier, and occasional publications of institutions like Indian Institute of Advanced Studies (IIAS), Centre for English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL), Shillong.
He also is a columnist for various regional and national newspapers.
He is also a regular contributor to Economic and Political Weekly.
