Harekrishna Deka was a former member of the Indian Police Service who is now known for his writing. Although he began writing poetry as a hobby while working on the police force, he later quit to become a writer. He was the Director General of Police for Assam from 2000–2003.

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Harekrishna Deka is one of the most prominent poet-critics of his generation.^{[citation needed]} He started writing poems and short stories since his student days. He was one of the most prolific writers of Assam's Ramdhenu Era.^{[citation needed]}

He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award for his poetic contribution in Ann Ejan in 1987, and he was awarded the Katha Award for his short story, Bandiyar (Prisoner) in 1995. After retiring as the DGP of Assam, Deka was the editor of the English daily, The Sentinel for brief period before serving as editor of the Assamese literary monthly Gariyasi.

He won the Assam Literary Award in 2010.

• North-East India
• Assamese Literature
• Literature from North East India

• Official Website of Harekrishna Deka
• Indian Review: Harekrishna Deka Wins the Assam Valley Literary Award, 2010 Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• An Interview with the Poet: Harekrishna Deka Archived 28 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• An Introduction to Harekrisha Deka’s Poetry by Prabhat Bora
• Harekrishna Deka: In discussion with Uddipana Goswami^{[permanent dead link]}
• INTERVIEW WITH HAREKRISHNA DEKA, POET AND RETIRED POLICE OFFICER, BY UDDIPANA GOSWAMI ON 20TH MARCH, 2006.
• Harekrishna Deka's Poems in Kavitayan^{[permanent dead link]}
• The Prisoner - short story
• The Dawn (An Assamese Poem of Harekrishna Deka in Translation