Assam Valley Literary Award
Encyclopedia
The Assam Valley Literary Award was conceived in the year 1990 by Williamson Magor
Education Trust to honour outstanding creative writers who have enhanced the richness of Assamese literature
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The award comprises cash award, a scroll of honour made of Assam "Muga" silk and a specially designed golden trophy. This trophy has been designed by the famous artist of Assam, Shri Shobha Brahma.
The Assam Valley Literary Award, is a prestigious award given to writers of Assam
once a year. The award was instituted by the Williamson Magor
Group, a tea
company.
Williamson Magor
Williamson Magor is one of the largest tea plantation groups in India, producing over 75 million kg annually. This represents about a fifth of the total tea produced in Assam. Williamson Magor owns 57 tea estates in Assam and West Bengal and provides direct employment to over 110,000 people...
Education Trust to honour outstanding creative writers who have enhanced the richness of Assamese literature
Assamese literature
Assamese literature is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes popular ballads in the older forms of the language during its evolution to the contemporary form. The literary heritage of the Assamese language can...
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History
The award was announced by Shri B.M. Khaitan, Chairman, Williamson Magor Group of Industries, Tea major at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Assam Valley School on 11 February 1990, at Harchurah in Sonitpur district of AssamAssam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
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The award comprises cash award, a scroll of honour made of Assam "Muga" silk and a specially designed golden trophy. This trophy has been designed by the famous artist of Assam, Shri Shobha Brahma.
The Assam Valley Literary Award, is a prestigious award given to writers of Assam
Assam
Assam , also, rarely, Assam Valley and formerly the Assam Province , is a northeastern state of India and is one of the most culturally and geographically distinct regions of the country...
once a year. The award was instituted by the Williamson Magor
Williamson Magor
Williamson Magor is one of the largest tea plantation groups in India, producing over 75 million kg annually. This represents about a fifth of the total tea produced in Assam. Williamson Magor owns 57 tea estates in Assam and West Bengal and provides direct employment to over 110,000 people...
Group, a tea
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
company.
Awardees
Year Winner- 1990 Dr Bhabendra Nath SaikiaBhabendra Nath SaikiaDr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia was a novelist, short story writer and film director from Assam. He had a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the University of London and later taught at Gauhati University. He won many literary awards, including Sahitya Academy , and was also recognised with the Padma...
- 1991 Homen BorgohainHomen BorgohainHomen Borgohain is an Indian writer, poet, critic, columnist and editor in the Assamese language. He was awarded the 1978 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese language for his novel, Pita Putra....
- 1992 Syed Abdul Malik
- 1993 Nabakanta BaruaNabakanta baruaNavakanta Barua , also known as Ekhud Kokaideu, was a prominent Assamese novelist and poet.-Early life and education:...
- 1994 Jogesh DasJogesh DasJogesh Das is an eminent short-story writer as well as a novelist from Assam. He was born in 1927. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book Prithivir Oxukh...
- 1995 Saurav Kumar Chaliha
- 1996 Umakanta Sharma
- 1997 Nilamani Phookan
- 1998 Mahim BoraMahim BoraMahim Bora is an Indian writer and educationist from Assam state. He was born at a tea estate of Sonitpur district. He is an M.A. in Assamese literature from Gauhati University and had been a teacher in the Nowgong College for most of his teaching career.He has now retired and lives at Nagaon...
- 1999 Ajit Barua
- 2000 Hiren Bhattacharya
- 2001 Sheelabhadra (Rebati Mohan Dutta ChoudhuryRebati Mohan Dutta ChoudhuryRebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury was a noted Assamese litterateur, Sahitya Akademi Award winner and an academician basically from Gauripur in Assam. Popularly he is known as Sheelabhadra, his pen name.-Early life and education:...
) - 2002 Chandra Prasad Saikia
- 2003 Nirupama Bargohain
- 2004 Dr. Lakshmi Nandan Bora
- 2005 Arun Sharma (dramatist)Arun Sharma (dramatist)Arun Sharma is an award-winning Assamese novelist, playwright and dramatist from Halem.-Awards:* Assam Valley Literary Award * Sahitya Akademi Award -References:...
- 2006 Nalinidhar Bhatacharya
- 2007 Dr Nagen Saikia
- 2008 Rongbong Terang
- 2009 Imran Shah
- 2010 Harekrishna DekaHarekrishna DekaHarekrishna Deka was formerly a member of the Indian Police Service before taking writing full time. He was the Director General of Police for Assam ....