This is a List of notable Assamese poets
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Madhav Kandali Kaviraja Madhava Kandali ( as, মাধৱ কন্দলি) (circa. 14th century) was an Indian poet from the state of Assam. He is one of the renowned poets pertaining to the Pre- Shankara era. His Saptakanda Ramayana is considered the earl ...

( fl. 14th century) * Hem Saraswati ( fl. 14th century) *

Haribar Bipra Harivara Vipra ( Assamese:হৰিবৰ বিপ্ৰ) is amongst the earliest known Assamese writers. He was patronaged by Kamatapur's king Durlava Narayan (14th Century). His compositions, ''Babrubahanar Yudha'', ''Lava-Kushar Yudha'', ''Ta ...

( fl. 14th century) *

Sankardev Srimanta Sankardev( শ্ৰীমন্ত শংকৰদেৱ )(; ; 1449–1568) was a 15th–16th century Assamese polymath; a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, dancer, actor, musician, artist social-religious reformer and a figure of im ...

(1449–1568) *

Madhavdev Madhavdev (1489–1596) (Pron: ˈʃrɪ ˈʃrɪ ˈmɑ:dəbˌdeɪv) is an important preceptor of the Ekasarana Dharma known for his loyalty to his guru, Srimanta Sankardev as well as his artistic brilliance. Initially a sakta worshipper, he w ...

(1489–1596) *

Ananta Kandali Ananta Kandali ( as, অনন্ত কন্দলী; 1540–1580) was Brahmin poet from Hajo, Kamrup district. Ananta Kandali's real name was Haricharan, but he is popularly known by his scholastic title "Ananta Kandali". His father, Ratna P ...

( fl. 16th century) * Bhattadev *

Sridhar Kandali Sridhara Kandali was medieval vaishnavite poet from Kamrup region 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 i ...

* Gopaldeva Bhawanipuria Aata (1551–1611) *

Jayadhwaj Singha Sutamla (1648–1663) Jayadhwaj Singha was the 20th king of the Ahom kingdom. During his reign the Mughal viceroy at Bengal Mir Jumla II invaded and occupied his capital Garhgaon as a result of which he had to retreat to the Namrup area, a ...

(died 1663) *

Rudra Singha Sukhrungphaa (reigned 1696–1714), or Swargadeo Rudra Singha, was a Tungkhungia ahom king and 30th king of the Ahom kingdom under whom the kingdom reached its zenith of power and glory, he is considered as the most illustrious of the Ah ...

(died 1714) * Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (1853–1936) * Chadrakumar Agarwala (1867–1938) * Hem Chandra Goswami (1872–1928) *

Lakshminath Bezbarua ' Lakshminath Bezbarua (, 14 October 1864), was an Assamese poet, novelist and playwright of modern Assamese literature. He was one of the literary stalwarts of the Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism in Assamese literature when through his ess ...

(1864–1938) * Padmanath Gohain Baruah (1871–1946) *

Ananda Chandra Agarwala Ananda Chandra Agarwala (1874–1940) was a writer, poet, historian, translator and administrative officer from Sonitpur district of Assam. He is known as Bhangoni Kunwor (ভাঙনি কোঁৱৰ) for his translation of several Engli ...

(1874–1939) *

Benudhar Rajkhowa Benudhar Rajkhowa ( as, বেণুধৰ ৰাজখোৱা; 1872-1955) was a prominent writer, poet and dramatist from Assam. He was the president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1926 held at Dhuburi district, Assam. When he was studying at ...

(1872–1955) * Kamalakanta Bhattacharya (1853–1936) * Mafizuddin Ahmed Hazarika (1870–1958) * Chandradhar Baruah (1874–1961) * Raghunath Choudhary (1879–1968) * Nalinibala Devi (1898–1977) * Nilmoni Phukan (1880-1978) * Dimbeswar Neog (1899–1966) *

Atul Chandra Hazarika Atul Chandra Hazarika (1903–1986) was a prominent Assamese poet, dramatist, children's writer and translator. He was bestowed the epithet "Sahitycharjya" by Asam Sahitya Sabha, the premier literary organization of Assam.. Life and literary wo ...

(1903–1986) * Jyoti Prasad Agarwalla (1903–1951) * Mahendranath Dekaphukan (1903–1973) *

Parvati Prasad Baruva Parvati Prasad Baruva (1904–1964) was a noted poet, lyricist, and dramatist: an icon of Assamese literature and the culture of Assam. Known for his simple and sensitive use of the Assamese language, he is popularly known as the ''Geetikavi''; ...

(1904-1964) *

Hem Barua Hem Barua (Assamese: হেম বৰুৱা) was a prominent Assamese poet and politician from Assam. Early life Born on 22 April 1915, at Tezpur, Hem Barua obtained his M.A. degree from Calcutta University in 1938 and joined the J.B. Co ...

(1915–1977) *

Nalinidhar Bhattacharya Nalinidhar Bhattacharya (4 December 1921 – 1 September 2016) was an Indian poet and literary critic from Assam. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection ''Mahat Oitijhya'' in 2002. His younger brother Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya w ...

(1920-2016) *

Amulya Barua Amulya Barua ( as, অমূল্য বৰুৱা) was a pioneer of modern Assamese poetry. He was born at Jorhat on 30 June 1922. In 1941, he passed matriculation examination from Jorhat Govt. Boys' H.S and M.P. School with letter marks ...

(1922–1946) * Mahim Bora (1924-2016) * Nabakanta Barua (1926–2002) *

Bhabananda Deka Prof Bhabananda Deka (19 August 1929 – 4 December 2006) was a pioneer Assam economist and author who conducted novel research on the economy of the far eastern part of India. He was also a leading Indian-Assamese litterateur of the famed 'Awah ...

(1929–2006) *

Homen Borgohain Homen Borgohain (7 December 1932 – 12 May 2021) was an Assamese author and journalist. He was awarded the 1978 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese language for his novel ''Pita Putra''. He was also the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha from 20 ...

(1931–2021) *

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 accolade ...

(born 1932) *

Nilamani Phookan Nilmani Phookan (born 10 September 1933) is an Indian poet in Assamese language and an academic. His work, replete with symbolism, is inspired by French symbolism and is representative of the genre in Assamese poetry. His notable works includ ...

(born 1933) *

Hiren Gohain Hiren Gohain (born 1939) is a scholar, writer, literary critic, and social scientist from the Indian state of Assam. Academic life Gohain studied in Cotton College, and did his graduation from Presidency College, Calcutta and then moved to ...

(born 1939) * Troilokya Bhattacharjya(1939-2013) * Nalini Prava Deka (1944-2014) *

Harekrishna Deka Harekrishna Deka (born 1943) is one of Assam's contemporary writers whose excellence in multiple genres is well attested by his works as well by the influence he has had on generations of readers and creative practitioners—his assured style an ...

(born 1948) *Baldev Mahanta (born 1950) * Keshab Mahanta(1926-2006) * Nirmal Prabha Bordoloi(1933-2004) * Syed Abdul Malik(1919–2000) * Ganesh Gogoi(1908-1938) * Sananta Tanty (Born 1952) * Samir Tati

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