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Assamese Assamese may refer to: * Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India * People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam * Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...

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. * Madhav Kandali (

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14th century) * Hem Saraswati (

14th century) * Haribar Bipra (

14th century) * Sankardev (1449–1568) * Madhavdev (1489–1596) * Ananta Kandali (

16th century) *

Bhattadev Bhattadeva (1558–1638)( অসমীয়া: বৈকুণ্ঠনাথ ভাগৱত ভট্টাচাৰ্য), (Baikunthanatha Bhagavata Bhattacharya) is acknowledged as the father of Assamese prose. Though ''Bhaktiratnakar-kat ...

* Sridhar Kandali * Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata (1551–1611) * Jayadhwaj Singha (died 1663) * Rudra Singha (died 1714) *

Kamalakanta Bhattacharya Kamalakanta Bhattacharya may refer to: * Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (Assam) (1853–1936), Indian essayist and poet * Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (West Bengal) Kamalakanta Bhattacharya ( bn, কমলাকান্ত ভট্টাচার্� ...

(1853–1936) * Chadrakumar Agarwala (1867–1938) * Hem Chandra Goswami (1872–1928) * Lakshminath Bezbarua (1864–1938) * Padmanath Gohain Baruah (1871–1946) * Ananda Chandra Agarwala (1874–1939) * Benudhar Rajkhowa (1872–1955) *

(1853–1936) *

Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika ( as, মফিজুদ্দিন আহমদ হাজৰিকা; 1870-1958) was an Indian poet belonging to the Jonaki era of Assamese Literature. He was popularly known as 'Jnan Malinir Kobi' (জ্ঞান � ...

(1870–1958) *

Chandradhar Baruah Chandradhar Barua (15 October 1874 – 26 October 1961) was an eminent writer, poet, dramatist and lyricist from Assam of Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism of Assamese literature. Barua was born at Dergaon, Golaghat, Assam on 15 October 1878. He ...

(1874–1961) *

Raghunath Choudhary Raghunath Choudhary (1879–1967) was an Indian writer of the Jonaki era or the romantic era of Assamese literature. Choudhary is known as Bihogi Kobi (poet of birds) because most of his writings are based on birds and nature. Choudhary also ...

(1879–1968) *

Nalinibala Devi Nalini Bala Devi (23 March 1898– 24 December 1977) was an Indian writer and poet of Assamese literature, known for nationalistic as well as mystical poetry. Das, p. 197 She was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 1957 for her c ...

(1898–1977) *

Nilmoni Phukan Nilmoni Phukan ( as, নীলমণি ফুকন; 1880–1978) was an Assamese writer, poet, freedom fighter and politician popularly known as ''Bagmibor'' ( as, বাগ্মীবৰ) in the Assamese literature. Since he shares his name ...

(1880-1978) * Dimbeswar Neog (1899–1966) * Atul Chandra Hazarika (1903–1986) *

Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla Jyoti Prasad Agarwala (2 July 1903 – 17 January 1951) was a noted Indian playwright, songwriter, poet, writer and film maker from Assam. He was considered as Assamese cultural icon, deeply revered for his creative vision and output and is pop ...

(1903–1951) *

Mahendranath Dekaphukan Mahendranath Dekaphukan (1903–1974) or Monai Boiragi in full Mahendra Nath Moi Heng Dang Deka Phukan was an artist, poet, journalist and craftsman of Assam. He was the elder son of Lakshminath Phukan of Guwahati. After schooling from Cotton Co ...

(1903–1973) * Parvati Prasad Baruva (1904-1964) * Hem Barua (1915–1977) * Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (1920-2016) * Amulya Barua (1922–1946) *

Mahim Bora Mahim Bora (6 July 1924 – 5 August 2016) was an Indian writer and educationist from Assam. He was elected as a president of the Assam Sahitya Sabha held in 1989 at Doomdooma. He was awarded most notably the Padma Shri in 2011, the Sahitya A ...

(1924-2016) * Nabakanta Barua (1926–2002) * Bhabananda Deka (1929–2006) * Homen Borgohain (1931–2021) * Hiren Bhattacharya (born 1932) * Nilamani Phookan (born 1933) * Hiren Gohain (born 1939) * Troilokya Bhattacharjya(1939-2013) *

Nalini Prava Deka Nalini Prava Deka (11 March 1944 – 15 June 2014) was an author, poet, storyteller, actress and playwright from Assam, a state in India encompassing the Brahmaputra Valley. She was honoured at a 2012 gathering in Ledo by the Assam Sahitya Sabh ...

(1944-2014) * Harekrishna Deka (born 1948) *Baldev Mahanta (born 1950) *

Keshab Mahanta Keshab Mahanta (6 July 1959) is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from the Kaliabor Constituency of Assam in 1996 as a member of the Asom Gana Parishad. He was elected to the Assa ...

(1926-2006) *

Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi (1932/1933 – 1 June 2004) was an Indian poet, lyricist and folklorist associated with Assamese literature. She was president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1991 held at Dudhnoi in Goalpara district. She received several a ...

(1933-2004) *

Syed Abdul Malik Syed Abdul Malik (1919–2000) was an Indian writer of Assamese literature, from the village of Nahoroni in Golaghat. He was the president of Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1977 held at Abhayapuri. Malik received many prizes, including Padmashri, Padma ...

(1919–2000) *

Ganesh Gogoi Ganesh Gogoi ( as, গনেশ গগৈ) dv(1907– 1938) was a poet of Assam and then he is remembered also as a lyricist, composer, playwright, actor and football player. He is also known as Papori Kobi. Life Ganesh Gogoi was born at Jorhat ...

(1908-1938) * Sananta Tanty (Born 1952) * Samir Tati

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Poets A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...