Sahitya Akademi Award-winning poet Sananta Tanty died on Thursday at a private hospital in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. He was 69.
Tanty received several awards and recognitions. He received the Sahitya Akademi in 2016 for his collection of poems in Assamese titled ‘Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo’ (Tomorrow Will Be Ours).
He is survived by wife and two sons.