Hiren Gohain

Who is Hiren Gohain?

Dr. Hiren Gohain is a Marxist literary critic, poet and social scientist from the Indian state of Assam. He studied in Cotton College, 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 masters degree, for some time, he became a lecturer in Kirorimal College of Delhi University. 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.