1. Nagen Saikia was born on 11 February 1939 and is an Indian writer.
13 Facts About Nagen Saikia
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Nagen Saikia started his career as a teacher and went on to serve in different reputed institutions in various categories.
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Nagen Saikia delivered lectures on various topics about Assamese literature, including in the US and England.
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Nagen Saikia has published numerous literary essays, short stories, novels, books and articles, to his credit.
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Nagen Saikia was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi award in 1997 for his short stories collection Andharat Nizar Mukh and was honoured by the Mohan Chandra Sahitya Sabha in 1980 for Chinta aru Charcha.
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Nagen Saikia was conferred the Fellow of Sahitya Akademi, the highest honour conferred by the prestigious Literary body of the Nation, the Sahitya Akademi on the most distinguished Indian writers.
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Nagen Saikia belongs to the Chutia community residing in Upper Assam.
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Nagen Saikia passed his matriculation from Dhekial H E School in 1957 securing first division.
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Nagen Saikia was graduated from Debraj Roy College, Golaghat in 1961.
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Nagen Saikia had done his Post- Graduation in Assamese from Gauhati University, Guwahati in 1964.
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Nagen Saikia served as an Assistant Editor in Asom Batori in 1965.
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From 1965 to 1971 Nagen Saikia served as a lecturer in Assamese in the Diphu Government College, Jorhat College and the Devicharan Barua Girls' College.
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In 1992 Nagen Saikia joined as Professor of the Lakshminath Bezbaroa chair in the department of Assamese in Dibrugarh University.