Eminent Assamese poet Sananta Tanty dies at 69

Eminent Assamese poet Sananta Tanty dies at 69

Daily Current Affairs   /   Eminent Assamese poet Sananta Tanty dies at 69

Change Language English Hindi

Category : Obituaries Published on: November 29 2021

Share on facebook

Sananta Tanty, the poet who won the Sahitya Akademi Award, died after a long illness in a private hospital in New Delhi.

Sananta Tanty had cancer and had been receiving treatment for it for quite some time.

Sananta Tanty has won numerous prizes and accolades, including the Sahitya Akademi in 2016 for his book of Assamese poems "Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo" (Tomorrow Will Be Ours).

He began his professional career in 1971 as a member of the Assam Tea Employees' Provident Fund Organization in Jorhat, and he retired in 2012 as the Deputy Provident Fund Commissioner.

Recent Post's
  • Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah will launch the BHARATPOL portal developed by CBI on January 07, 2025, in New Delhi.

    Read More....
  • India's rising squash star Anahat Singh won the U-17 title at the British Junior Open in Birmingham on 06 January 2025 by defeating Malika El Caracsi of Egypt.

    Read More....
  • Union Minister Giriraj Singh inaugurates the new permanent campus of IIHT in Phulia.

    Read More....
  • The central government has appointed 8 IPS officers from the Uttarakhand cadre to key positions for 2024-25, including Neeru Garg as the Director General of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D).

    Read More....
  • Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi inaugurated the annual 'Adivasi Mela' and launched the 'Shaheed Madho Singh Haath Kharcha Yojana' aimed at addressing the problem of dropouts of tribal students.

    Read More....
  • At the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, films and shows like 'Emilia Pérez,' 'The Brutalist,' 'Shogun,' 'Hack,' and 'Baby Reindeer' won major awards in categories such as Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Director, and Best Actor.

    Read More....
  • Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as the Prime Minister of Canada.

    Read More....
  • Sumariwalla's reign as AFI chief to end, former shot putter Bahadur Sagoo to replace him.

    Read More....
  • Union Industries Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy launches PLI Scheme 1.1 for special steel.

    Read More....
  • R. Chidambaram, the doyen of India’s nuclear programme, passes away at the age of 88.

    Read More....