| Dr. Rita Chowdhury | |
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| Born | August 20, 1960 Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, Lecturer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Assamese |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | MA, LLB, PhD |
| Period | 1981-present |
| Literary movement | Assam Movement |
| Notable work(s) | Deo Langkhui |
| Notable award(s) | Asom Shitya Sabha Award, 2006: Kolaguru Bishnuprasad Rabha Award, 2008: Sahitya Akademi Award |
| Spouse(s) | Chandra Mohan Patowary |
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Dr. Rita Chowdhury (Assamese:ৰীতা চৌধুৰী) (born 20 August 1960) is an established poet, novelist and also Sahitya Akademi Award recipient in the world of Assamese literature.[1][2] She is presently working as a Senior Lecturer in Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam in Political Science Department.[3] Daughter of Biraja Nanda Chowdhury, she was born in Tirap District of Arunachal Pradesh.
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She did her schooling in Upper Haflong L.P. School and Higher Secondary in Margherita Public Higher Secondary School. She is double MA in Political Science and Assamese with an LLB and also a Ph.D. now.
She was also one of the prominent members of Jatiyatabadi Juba Chatra Parishad during the Assam agitation and was imprisoned twice in Guwahati and thrice in Dibrugarh Jail.
Dr Chowdhury’s first novel was Abirata Jatra (English: Incessant Journey) in 1981[3] which won the first prize in a competition held by Asom Sahitya Sabha on the contemporary Assamese situation. She wrote this novel while she had to go underground during the Assam Movement. She was also the editor of Adharxila from 2001-2002.