Guwahati, 7th December: On the occasion of Sahitya Akademi award winner Homen Borgohain’s birth anniversary, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma awarded Literary Awards and Pensions to 23 distinguished litterateurs from the state.
The awards were presented during a function organized by the Higher Education department of the state government. Each year, the state government acknowledges and honors literary contributors from various regions who have significantly enriched Assam’s literary landscape.
The Chief Minister’s Office Auditorium at Janata Bhavan hosted the solemn function, attended by Education Minister Dr. Ranoj Pegu, Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah, and Education Advisor Dr. Nani Gopal Mahanta. Dr. Pegu expressed his joy at felicitating these eminent litterateurs and extended his hearty congratulations to all the awardees.
The 23 litterateurs who recievedm the honour are: –
1. Sitaram Basumatary, Sahitya Academy Award Winner from Baksa
2. Jaya Deb, Senior Bengali Author from Cachar district
3. Champa Lal Sinha, Senior Bishnupriya-Author from Cachar district
4. Bagen Gogoi, Author and History writer from Dhemaji
5. Anupama Naiding, Senior Author, Dimasa Language from Dima Hasao
6. Dr. Paritosh Chakkravorty, Author, Researcher from Goalpara
7. Dr. Malina Rabha, Author, Researcher from Goalpara
8. Jhoola Sharma, Author of Mythology from Golaghat
9. Cheniram Gogoi, Noted poet from Golaghat
10. Dr. Malini, Author of Mythology and Ramayani, Sahitya from Jorhat
11. Dr. Akon Chandra Saikia, Senior Writer from Jorhat
12. Binanda Sarmah Puzari, Senior Author from Jorhat
13. Railakshmi Khound, Senior Writer from Kamrup Metro
14. Anil Kumar Boruah, Veteran Writer and Translator from Kamrup Metro
15. Dr. Nandita Devi, Prakashan Parishad Sahitya Bota winner from Kamrup Metro
16. Jayanta Madhab Bora, Sahitya Akademi Award winner
17. Renuka Biswas, Noted Bengali writer from Kamrup Metro
18. Pratima Nandi Narzaree, Sahitya Akademi Award winner from Kokrajhar
19. Bijoy Rabi Das, Noted poet from Tea Garden community from Sivasagar
20. Dilip Kumar Barah, Childen Literator from Sonitpur
21. Gyan Bahadur Kshetri, Nepali writer, Noted author from Sonitpur
22. Sumitra Goswami, Senior Poet from Kamrup Metro
23. Mohan Sonowal, writer and educationist from Dibrugarh
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