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Rita Chowdhury

| birth_place = Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh, India | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Novelist, Poet, Editor | education = M.A., LLB, Ph.D. | alma_mater = | period = 1981–present | genre = Historical fiction, poetry | subject = | movement = Assamese literature | notableworks = ''Deo Langkhui'', ''Makam'', ''Chinatown Days'' | spouse = Chandra Mohan Patowary | partner = | children = 2 | relatives = | awards = Assam Sahitya Sabha award (1981)
Sahitya Akademi Award (2008)
Assam Valley Literary Award (2017) | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }}

Rita Chowdhury (born 1960) is an Indian poet and novelist who writes Assamese literature and is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award. She is the editor of the Assamese literary magazine ''Gariyoshi'' and a former director of the National Book Trust, India. She has been associate professor and lecturer at Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam in the Political Science Department and was active in the Assam Movement in the early 1980s. Provided by Wikipedia