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Detailed explanation-1: -GUWAHATI: Celebrated litterateur Nilmani Phookan, the third litterateur from Assam to win the Jnanpith award, and one of the biggest names in modern Assamese literature, breathed his last at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital here on Thursday morning due to age-related ailments.

Detailed explanation-2: -Among them, Assamese poet Lakshminath Bezbaroa (1864–1938) and Tamil poet Subramania Bharati (1882–1921) are notable and are well-known among the literary circles of Assam and Tamil Nadu.

Detailed explanation-3: -Prasannalal Choudhury. Through his poems, Choudhury talked about suffering of the working class and called for their unity through revolution. That’s why Prasannalal Choudhury is wellknown in Assamese literary world as the ‘Biplabi Kobi’ or ‘Biddrohi Kobi’, which means ‘Rebel Poet’.

Detailed explanation-4: -Kamalakanta Bhattacharya; 1853–1936) was a prominent essayist and poet belonged to the Oronodoi era of Assamese literature. He was born on 23 December 1853 in Gorehagi village, Biswanath Chariali, Sonitpur district, Assam.

Detailed explanation-5: -The first great Assamese poet was Madhava Kandali (14th century), who made the earliest translation of the Sanskrit Ramayana and wrote Devajit, a narrative on Krishna. The bhakti movement brought a great literary upsurge.