Exoticorum libri decem Exoticorum libri decem Exoticorum libri decem ("Ten books of exotic life forms") is an illustrated zoological and botanical compendium in Latin, published at Leiden in 1605 by Charles de l'Écluse. On the title page the author's name appears in its well-known Latin form Carolus Clusius. The full title is: "Exoticorum libri decem, quibus animalium, plantarum, aromatum, aliorumque peregrinorum fructuum historiae describuntur" ("Ten books of exotica: the history and uses of animals, plants, aromatics and other natural products from distant lands"). Clusius was not only an original biologist but also a remarkable linguist. He became well known as a translator and
Pabitra Kumar Deka Pabitra Kumar Deka Pabitra Kumar Deka (29 January 1940 – 5 January 2010) is a novelist, humor writer, publisher and editor of monthly magazine, film critic and script writer living in Assam in India. He is the winner of the Best Film Critic Award in 1988 from the Eastern India Motion Picture Association. The Government of Assam has instituted the State Best Film Critic Award in the name of "Pabitra Kumar Deka Award" from 2010 after his death. Pabitra Kumar Deka was born in the small town of Haibargaon in the district of Nagaon (Assam) to Shri Mahendra Nath Deka