The Assam Valley Literary Award ( as, অসম উপত্যকা সাহিত্য বঁটা) was conceived in the year 1990 by ''Williamson Magor Education Trust'' to honour creative writers who have enhanced

Assamese literature Assamese literature ( as, অসমীয়া সাহিত্য, translit=ɔxɔmiya xaɦitjɔ}) is the entire corpus of poetry, novels, short stories, plays, documents and other writings in the Assamese language. It also includes the lite ...

. It is given to writers of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

once a year. The award was instituted by the Williamson Magor Group, a

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company.

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 Sonitpur district ron: ˌsə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊə or ˌʃə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊəis an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters is located at Tezpur. Etymology The name of the is derived from a mythological story f ...

. 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 artist of Assam, Shri Shobha Brahma.

Award winners

Year Winner *1990

Bhabendra Nath Saikia Bhabendra Nath Saikia (20 February 1932 – 13 August 2003) was a novelist, short-story writer, Editor and a Film director from Assam, India. Dr. Saikia received his doctorate in physics from the University of London. He began his career as ...

*1991 Homen Borgohain *1992

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 ...

*1993 Nabakanta Barua *1994 Jogesh Das *1995 Saurabh Kumar Chaliha *1996 Umakanta Sharma *1997 Nilamani Phookan *1998

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 Ak ...

*1999 Ajit Barua *2000

Hiren Bhattacharya Hiren Bhattacharyya (28 July 1932 – 4 July 2012), popularly known as Hiruda, was an Indian poet and lyricist best for his works in the Assamese literature. He had innumerable works published in Assamese and achieved many prizes and accolades ...

*2001

Sheelabhadra Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury (1924–2008) was a noted Assamese litterateur, Sahitya Akademi Award winner and an academician from Gauripur in Assam, India. Popularly he is known as ''Sheelabhadra'', his pen name. Early life and education Bor ...

(

Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury Rebati Mohan Dutta Choudhury (1924–2008) was a noted Assamese litterateur, Sahitya Akademi Award winner and an academician from Gauripur in Assam, India. Popularly he is known as ''Sheelabhadra'', his pen name. Early life and education B ...

) *2002 Chandra Prasad Saikia *2003 Nirupama Borgohain *2004

Lakshmi Nandan Bora Lakshmi Nandan Bora (15 June 1932 – 3 June 2021) was an Indian novelist and short story writer in the Assamese language, known for over 60 books he has authored, including award winning novels, ''Patal Bhairavi'' and ''Kayakalpa''. A recipient ...

*2005 Arun Sharma (dramatist) *2006 Nalinidhar Bhattacharya *2007

Nagen Saikia Nagen Saikia ( as, নগেন শইকীয়া; born 11 February 1939) is an Indian writer. He was formerly a professor of Dibrugarh University. Saikia had also been a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986-1992 and was the vice-chairman of ...

*2008 Rongbong Terang * 2009 Imran Shah * 2010 Harekrishna Deka * 2011 Purobi Bormudoi * 2012

Sameer Tanti Sameer Tanti (born 6 February 1955) is an Assamese language poet from India. He is the 2012 winner of the Assam Valley Literary Award. Biography Sameer Tant was born on 6 February 1955 at Behora, Mikirchang tea estate in the Karbi Anglong ...

* 2013 Atulananda Goswami * 2014 Hirendra Nath Dutta * 2015 Apurba Sharma * 2016 Dr. Arupa Kalita Patangia * 2017

Sananta Tanty Sananta Tanty (; 4 November 1952 – 25 November 2021) was an Indian poet of Assamese literature. Tanty was born to an Odia family in Kalinagar Tea Estate. Tanty completed his secondary education at a Bengali-medium school but continued his li ...

, Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, Dr. Rita Chowdhury

References

Indian literary awards Civil awards and decorations of Assam Assamese literature Awards established in 1990 {{lit-award-stub