SIVASAGAR, Jan 30 - Noted critic and essayist, besides former Head of the Department of English at Dibrugarh University, Prof (Dr) Ananda Bormudoi was awarded the second Dambaru Kakoti Memorial Award by Sivasagar Jila Sahitya Sabha in its 19th biennial session held in Rupohi on January 28.
Dr Bormudoi has been contributing immensely to the field of literary criticism since about four decades back and is an authority in post modern literary criticism. Accepting the award, Prof Bormudoi thanked the Jila Sahitya Sabha and stressed the need to carry out vigorous experimentations with use of new and more pragmatic words to connote diverse meanings in the changing environment.
The award, instituted in the name of former Professor of Assamese at Sibsagar College, Joysagar, was previously awarded to Dr Niranjan Mahanta Bezbora.
