Guwahati: Atulananda Goswami, Erudite litterateur and writer from passed away on Wednesday at the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in this city.
He had reportedly been admitted and receiving treatment there for some time. The state’s literary communities are mourning his death.
The distinguished personality was born in 1935. One of his best-known books is called “Namgharia.” His other works include ‘Hamdoi Pulor Jon’, ‘Seneh Jorir Ganthi’, ‘Rajpaat’, ‘Polatok’ and ‘Ashray’.
Goswami was awarded with the Sahitya Academy award in 2006 for his novel ‘Seneh Jorir Ganthi’.
He was well-known as an Assamese novelist, short story writer, and litterateur throughout the state. His writing has received widespread praise over the course of his protracted literary career.
Moreover, he has contributed to the translation of numerous texts from English, Bengali, and Oriya into Assamese as well as from Assamese into English.
Atulananda Goswami, who in 1992 won the Katha prize for creative writing for his piece “Boliya Hathi,” also received the Kumar Kishore Memorial Award.