Correct Answer : 27th July 2022
Sahitya Akademi Award-winning litterateur "Atulananda Goswami", known for his novels and short stories, died at a hospital in Guwahati on Wednesday(27th July 2022), family sources said. He was 87.
Goswami was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) for about 10 days, where he breathed his last on Wednesday(27th July 2022) morning.
Widely known for his novel ‘Namghoria’ written in the early 1990s, Goswami received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006 for his short story collection ‘Seneh Jarir Ganthi’.
He was also bestowed with the Ambikagiri Roy Choudhury Sahitya Award, the Kumar Kishor Memorial Award, the Katha Award and the Sneha Bharati Sahitya Samman, among other honours.
Goswami also translated many English, Bengali and Odia texts into Assamese..
Source : Theprint
