Sananta Tanty

Tanty received numerous awards and distinctions, including the 2018 Sahitya Akademi Award for "Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo" (Tomorrow Will be Ours), a collection of his poems. According to the website Asymptote, Tanty is "a chronicler of the times and an advocate for the downtrodden" and "a poet of change and of unbridled optimism".

• Name — Sananta Tanty • Born — 4 November 1952 • Birthplace — Kalinagar Tea Estate, Karimganj, Assam, India • Died — 25 November 2021 • Place of death — New Delhi, India • Occupation — Poet • Notable Works — Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo • Spouse — Minati Tanty (m. 1986) • Children — 2 • Awards — Sahitya Akademi Award (2018) Assam Valley Literary Award (2017) • Education — St. Anthony's College, Shillong Jorhat College, Jorhat Dibru College, Dibrugarh

Sananta Tanty was born on 4 November 1952 to Loke Nath Tanty and Baitarani Tanty in Kalinagar Tea Estate in the district of Karimganj of Assam, near the India-Bangladesh border. He started his education at a primary school in Kalinagar Tea Estate and finished his secondary education in the science stream at Ram Krishna Vidyapeeth Senior Secondary School, Ram Krishna Nagar located 2 km away from his home in 1969. Sananta Tanty then went to Shillong to study at St. Anthony's College but had to discontinue his studies because his parents were unable to afford his education. He then went to work in Jorhat, where he attended night classes at Jorhat Amalgamated College, finally graduating from Dibru College (under Dibrugarh University) as a private candidate in 1975.

Tanty started his professional career as an employee of Assam Tea Employees' Provident Fund Organisation in Jorhat in 1971. Subsequently, he joined office of the Directorate of Information and Public Relations, Government of Assam, as a Sub-Divisional Information and Public Relations Officer in Guwahati. He then joined the Assam Tea Employees' Provident Fund Organisation as an officer in the Public Relations department and became Senior Public Relations Officer, finally retiring from service in 2012 as Deputy Provident Fund Commissioner. Tanty was given an extension for another one and a half years after his retirement as an Officer on Special Duties.

Sananta Tanty married Smt. Minati Tanty (formerly Minati Kakati) from North Lakhimpur on 18 February 1986. They had two sons; Swagat (born 1988) and Tathagat (born 1994). Tanty died on 25 November 2021 at the age of 69 in a private hospital in New Delhi. He suffered from cancer and was under treatment for a long time prior to his death.

Positions Tanty held: • Member, Executive Committee, Children’s Literary Trust, Government of Assam • Member (nominated), Central Working Committee, Asom Sahitya Sabha • Member, Advisory Committee, All India Radio, Guwahati • Member, Assamese Language Advisory Board, Sahitya Akademi • Member, Working Committee, Public Relations Society – North-east Branch

• Kavita Samagra:SanantaTanty (Editor: Kushal Dutta, Papyrus Publication, Guwahati) • Karimganjorpora Relerre Ahonte (Poetry Book, Aank Baak, Guwahati) His works have been translated into many languages in the country and abroad.