The Asam Sahitya Sabha awards for the year 2018-20 were announced on Friday. The 75th biennial session of Sahitya Sabha will be held with a four-day programme from February 1-4, 2020 at Sualkuchi, the silk village of Assam.

Full list of awardees:

• Ambikagiri Raichoudhury Award: Anubhav Tulashi and Dr. Apurba Kumar Saikia.
• Parag Kumar Das youth journalism award: Bashistha Dev Phukan, Manoranjan Bori, Tapan Kumar Deka.
• Kalaguru Bishnuprasad Rabha award: Dr. Prayag Saikia, Nilutpal Baruah.
• Sitanath Brahma Choudhury memorial award: Nagen Borah and Nagendra Nath Sarma.
• Hem Baruah memorial literary award: Indrajit Dutta.
• Basanti Bordoloi award: Manisha Sarma and Nivedita Borpujari.
• Bharat Ch. Baruah memorial award: Bijay Shankar Sarma and Tapan Dutta.
• Buduram Panging memorial award: Munindra Das, Dr. Rupa Deka Patar.
• Amulya Baruah award: Kusumanjali, Manashi Gogoi.
• Phani Talukdar- Dolly Talukdar literary award: Bimal Rajkhowa.
• Uttam Ch. Baruah memorial award: Nilotpal Sarmah.

Asam Sahitya Sabha president Paramananda Rajbongshi, secretary-general Padum Rajkhowa made the announcement through a press conference.