Nilmani Phookan Jr. - Jnanpith awardee - charcoal pencil sketch

My charcoal pencil sketch as a part of my drawing eminent personalities.

Nilmani Phookan Jr was born on 10 September 1933 in Dergaon, Assam. He started his professional writing career in the 1950s and took Assamese poetry to new heights. Inspired by nature, history, the lives of ordinary people and varied emotions such as pain and longing, Phookan’s poetry has forged a connect with the people of the state.

Awards and recognition :

• In December 2021, the prolific poet and writer Nilmani Phookan received the prestigious Jnanpith Award  for his lifetime contribution in literature.
• In 1997, Phookan was awarded the Assam Valley Literary Award. 
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• He was awarded the Padma Shri arded the 1981 Sahitya Akademi Award in Assamese for his poetry collection, Kavita (Kobita)^[14]by Government of India in 1990.