Hemchandra Goswami

Hemchandra Goswami (Assamese: হেমচন্দ্ৰ গোস্বামী; 1872–1928) was a writer, poet, historian, teacher and a linguist from Assam in the early part of modern Assamese literature. He was the fourth president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha in 1920 held at Tezpur. He retired as Extra Assistant Commissioner in the British Assam.

Literacy works

Goswami published the first Assamese dictionary, Hemkosh by Hemchandra Barua with the help of Colonel Gordon in 1900. Some of his other works include Asamiya sahityar chaneki,sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Sithi' (A letter from the beloved), Kako am hiya nibilao etc. 'Katha Gita' (Gita in Prose) of Bhattadev was edited by him in 1918. which contains the first sonnet in Assamese — 'Priyatamar Cithi' (A letter from the beloved)

 Phular Saki (The Bunch of Flowers, 1907), which contains the first