Mamoni Raisom Goswami
1942–2011A celebrated writer of contemporary Indian literature
writer
Arupa Kalita Patangia
b. 1956, born Golaghat, writes in Assamese, writer
Arupa Kalita Patangia was born in 1956 and is an Indian novelist and short story writer and known for her fiction writing in Assamese. Her literary awards include: the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award, the Katha Prize and the Prabina Saikia Award. In 2014, she received the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for her short stories book named Mariam Austin Othoba Hira Barua. Her books have been translated to English, Hindi, and Bengali. Her works touch upon Assamese history and culture, addressing the lives people from middle and lower income brackets, and focus specifically on concerns of women, violence, and insurgency.
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Awards
| 2014 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Mariam Astin Athaba Hira Barua |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Assamese
Monalisa Jena
b. 1963Writer, translator from Odisha
Lakshmi Nandan Bora
1932–2021writer (1932-2021)
Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya
1924–1997writer (1924–1997)
Apoorva Sharma
b. 1943writer
Arun Sarma
1931–2017Assamese writer