Assam Valley Literary Award

Assam Valley Literary Award

The Assam Valley Literary Award, also Magor Award, is a prestigious award given to writers of Assam once a year. The award was instituted by the Williamson Magor Group, a tea company.

Awardees

Year Winner
*1990 Dr Bhabendra Nath Saikia
*1991 Homen Borgohain
*1992 Syed Abdul Malik
*1993 Nabakanta Barua
*1994 Jogesh Das
*1995 Saurav Kumar Chaliha
*1996 Umakanta Sharma
*1997 Nilamani Phukan
*1998 Mahim Bora
*1999 Ajit Barua
*2000 Hiren Bhattacharya
*2001 Sheelabhadra
*2002 Chandra Prasad Saikia
*2004 Dr Lakshminandan Bora
*2005 Arun Sharma
*2006 Nalinidhar Bhatacharya
*2007 Dr Nagen Saikia


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