Suchibrata Roy Choudhury

Suchibrata Roychoudhury (Assamese: শুচিব্রতা ৰায়চৌধুৰী; 1 September 1931 – 2 December 2009; sometimes spelled Suchibrata Raichoudhury) was an Assamese litterateur and poet, and the first female Judicial Magistrate of Assam as an Assam Civil Services officer. She received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2001 for translating Suvira Jaiswal's The Origin and Development of Vaishnavism in India.

Biography Suchibrata was born on 1 September 1931 in Panbazar, Guwahati to freedom activist and poet Ambikagiri Roychoudhury and Kaushalya Devi Ambikagiri. Suchibrata was the eldest of four siblings.

From an early age, she was engaged in writing songs, stories, poems and articles. In class fifth, she published her first hand-written magazine Bonti along with her friend Kamala Das.

Civil service By 1954, Suchibrata had joined the Assam Civil Service as a civil servant. 1953: Appeared the Assam Civil Service Examination (ACSE). and then posted in different parts of Assam. 1970: Deputy Director of Panchayat Department, Shillong. 1973: Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Gramodyog Board. 1976: Sub-Divisional Commissioner of Gauhati Division. She was once again posted as the Chief Executive Officer of Khadi and Gramodyog Board in Guwahati. Some of her literary works are:

Plays Kun Bate - Her first play was translated when she was in school. The play was later published by her father, narrated on radio and performed by Arya Natya Samaj and the Handique Girls College. Yugar Dabi Garima Troyee

Translations Suchibrata translated many books and plays into Assamese. Mahmud of Ghazni, a historical biography, from English to Assamese under the Indian Council of Historical Research The Moon is Down by John Steinback into Assamese with the title Beli Lohiale The Moon and Sixpence, a collection of short stories by Somerset Maugham The Serpent and the Rope by Raja Rao (2005), as Jivanatit, published by Sahitya Akademi The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekov (2005), published by Lawyer's Book Stall Dangerous Corner by J.B Priestly into Assamese as Bipad Seema (1994) A collection of Short Stories by O. Henry (1999) The Origin and Development of Vaishnavism in India by Suvira Jaiswal (1999)

Short stories Saptaparna (1960) Sonali Pera (1956) Budhiyok Kun (1991-98)

Novels Sundar Desh (1960) Bah Maroli (1953-54) Kamonar Jui Jolil Jetiya (1954)

Collections of poems and songs Mathu Katha (1988) Tumi Aru Moi (1950) Hahakarar Gaan (1995) Suhuri (1996) Gunjan (1996) Spandan

Other works Jeeban Premor Atandra Anal (2000) Agneepath (2010) a biography of her father, Ambikagiri Roychoudhury Aain Aru Adalat (2006) Sahitya Manjari Chetanar Chinta (1999), a compilation of editorials of the magazine Chetana published by the Asam Sahitya Sabha.