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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==
	He was born in [[Dergaon]] in [[Golaghat district]], [[Assam]]. He received his ~~Master~~'s degree in		He was born in [[Dergaon]] in [[Golaghat district]], [[Assam]]. He received his master's degree in
	~~History~~ from [[Guwahati University]] in 1961. Although he had started writing poetry since the early 1950s.<ref name="ni"/>		history from [[Guwahati University]] in 1961. Although he had started writing poetry since the early 1950s.<ref name="ni"/>

	==Career==		==Career==

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{{Other people5|Nilmoni Phukan (Senior)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Nilmani Phookan
| image =
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| birth_date = 1933
| birth_place = [[Dergaon]], [[Assam]]
| death_date = 
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| nationality =
| other_names =
| known_for =[[Symbolist poetry|symbolism]]
| occupation = [[poet]], [[academic]]
}}

'''Nilmani Phookan''' (born 1933) is an [[India]]n poet in [[Assamese language]] and an [[academic]]. His work, replete with [[Symbolist poetry|symbolism]], is inspired by [[French symbolism]] and is representative of the genre in [[Assamese poetry]]. His notable works include ''Surya Henu Nami Ahe Ei Nodiyedi'', ''Gulapi Jamur Lagna'', and ''Kobita''.<ref>[[#Ak|Akademi, p. 462]]</ref><ref>Since he shares his name another Assamese poet, Nilamani Phukan (1879–1978), he is often referred as Nilamani Phookan (Jr.)</ref>

He was awarded the 1981 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in [[Assamese language|Assamese]] for his poetry collection, ''Kavita'' (Kobita).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10301.htm|title=Sahitya Akademi Award 1955-2007 - Assamese|publisher=Official listings, [[Sahitya Akademi]] website|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420021146/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10301.htm|archive-date=20 April 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]] in 1990,<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards|publisher=[[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Ministry of Communications and Information Technology]]|url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padma_awards.php}}</ref> and received the [[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows|Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]], the highest literary honor in India, given by [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's National Academy of Letters in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa2.htm|title=Conferment of Sahitya Akademi Fellowship|publisher=Official listings, [[Sahitya Akademi]] website|access-date=24 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223112125/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa2.htm|archive-date=23 February 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
He was born in [[Dergaon]] in [[Golaghat district]], [[Assam]]. He received his Master's degree in
History from [[Guwahati University]] in 1961. Although he had started writing poetry since the early 1950s.<ref name="ni"/>

==Career==
He started his career as a lecturer at Arya Vidyapeeth College in [[Guwahati]] in 1964, where he worked until his retirement in 1992.<ref name="ni">{{cite web|url=http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2731|title=Nilmani Phookan|publisher=India - Poetry International Web}}</ref> He has also translated Japanese and European poetry into Assamese.

He was awarded the [[Assam Valley Literary Award]] in 1997,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080413/jsp/northeast/story_9131491.jsp|title=Another plume in writer's crown|date=13 April 2008|work=The Telegraph}}</ref> and in 2002 he received the [[List of Sahitya Akademi fellows|Sahitya Akademi Fellowship]], the highest literary honor in India, given by [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's National Academy of Letters, reserved for "the immortals of literature".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020220/nation.htm#8|title=Bhisham Sahni, Kaifi Azmi in Sahitya Akademi|date=20 February 2002|work=The Tribune}}</ref> In 2019, he was awarded a [[D.Lit.]] by [[Dibrugarh University]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Dibrugarh University (DU) Confers Doctor of Literature On Poet Nilamani Phukan|website=Sentinelassam|date=20 August 2019|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/top-headlines/dibrugarh-university-du-confers-doctor-of-literature-on-poet-nilamani-phukan/|access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''Surya Heno Nami Ahe Ei Nadiyedi'' ("The sun is said to come descending by this river"), 1963.
* ''Manas-pratima''. Guwahati Book Stall, 1971.
* ''Phuli Thaka Suryamukhi Phultor Phale'' ("Towards the Blooming Sunflower"), 1971.
* ''Kabita''. Sahitya Akademi Publications, 2001. {{ISBN|81-260-1058-4}}.
* ''Selected Poems Of Nilmani Phookan''. tr. by Krishna Dulal Barua. Sahitya Akademi Publications, 2007. {{ISBN|81-260-2433-X}}.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite book|title=Modern Indian literature, an anthology, Volume 2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&q=Nilamani+Phookan&pg=PA464|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-7201-324-8|ref=Ak}}
* [http://www.facenfacts.com/NewsDetails/13840/laureate-of-assam-nilamani-phookan.htm * Laureate of Assam-Nilamani Phookan]( FacenFcats.com)
* [http://www.assamtribune.com/apr2409/mosaic1.html Exploring Life, poems by Nilmani Phookan] at [[Assam Tribune]]
* [http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2731 Poems by Nilmani Phookan]
{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}
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{{Gangadhar National Award For Poetry}}
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[[Category:Recipients of the Assam Valley Literary Award]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Gangadhar National Award]]
[[Category:People from Golaghat district]]
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[[Category:Symbolist poets]]
[[Category:People from Dergaon]]
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