Nilamani Phookan conferred with 56th Jnanpith Award

Eminent Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan will be Conferred with the country’s highest literary award, 56th Jnanpith at Guwahati. Nilmani Phookan is the third person to win the Jnanpith Award from Assam after Mamoni Roisom Goswami and Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya.

Notable works of Phookan: ‘Xurjya Henu Naami Aahe Ei Nodiyedi’, ‘Kabita’, and ‘Gulapi Jamur Lagna’. 57th Jnanpith Award 2022: Novelist Damodar Mauzo was chosen for his contribution to Indian literature.