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\nGuwahati, Nov 25 (PTI) Sahitya Akademi Award-winning poet Sananta Tanty died on Thursday at a private hospital in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. He was 69.<\/p>\n
Tanty was suffering from cancer and was under treatment for a long time, his close associates said.<\/p>\n
He is survived by wife and two sons.<\/p>\n
Tanty received several awards and recognitions, including the Sahitya Akademi in 2018 for ‘Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo’ (Tomorrow Will Be Ours), a collection of his poems in Assamese.<\/p>\n
He started his professional career as an employee of the Assam Tea Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation in Jorhat in 1971 and retired as Deputy Provident Fund Commissioner in 2012.<\/p>\n
Union Minister of Shipping, Ports and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal mourned the death of Tanty and said ‘Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo’ with its unique poems enriched Assamese literature.<\/p>\n
“His poems reflected realistic scenes of life and society. He played the role of a conscious citizen through his writings. A bright star has fallen with his demise,” he said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma offered his condolences and said his contributions will always be remembered by the people of the state.<\/p>\n
Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah too paid his homage to Tanty and said it is an irreparable loss to the Assamese literary world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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