Bireshwar Baruah gets Sahitya Akademi

GUWAHATI, Dec 24 ? Eminent poet and litterateur Bireshwar Baruah was today named for the coveted Sahitya Akademi award along with 15 others. Baruah, who has been contributing to the realm of Assamese litterateur for several decades, was selected for the award for his collection of poems Anek Manuh, Anek Thai Aru Nirjanata. Baruah, who retired as an able administrator in 1991 after serving in various capacities as an IAS officer, has authored 34 books. Essentially a poet, he showed equal ?lan in other fields of creative literature as well. Baruah had earlier been conferred with the prestigious Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad award besides another award from the Asom Sahitya Sabha in the year 1989.