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Messag es from Recipients of the Award
The prestigious Assam Valley Literary Award marks its
25th year. Over the last quarter century, the Award has
been presented to twenty-five outstanding writers and
poets whose creative work has enriched the literary
heritage of the state of Assam.
Assam Valley Literary Award
The Award for 2014 was presented to eminent poet, critical
theorist and translator,
Sri Hirendra Nath Dutta
, by
celebrated Gujarati poet and playwright, Sri Sitanshu
Yashaschandra, in Guwahati on 18 April 2015 in the
presence of a distinguished gathering of the city’s
intellectuals, bureaucrats and cultural luminaries.
“I am very grateful to Williamson Magor for honouring me
with this Award,” stated Sri Dutta in his acceptance speech.
The Assam Valley Literary Award is a very prestigious award. The Williamson
Magor Educational Trust confers this award every year on an eminent writer of
Assam. A selection committee comes up with the name of the writer by
proceeding through different phases, and thus far this process has been conducted
flawlessly and smoothly.While occasional murmurs of objection have been heard
about some other awards, no one has been able to point an accusing finger at
this award so far. After the first award-giving ceremony was held in 1990,
25 people have been the recipients of the award, among them two being women.
A distinguished personality from another state of India is invited to give away
the award. At the present moment an amount of four lakh rupees is set aside as award money. I had received this
award in the year 2003, and I express my heartfelt gratitude to the Williamson Magor Educational Trust for the
honour that was conferred on me.
Smti Nirupama Bargohain (2003)
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