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{{Infobox writer<br />
| name = Sameer Tanti<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1955|2|6}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Karbi Anglong district|Karbi Anglong]], [[Assam]], India<br />
| occupation = poet, translator, editor<br />
| language = [[Assamese language|Assamese]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| education = MA in English Literature<br />
| alma_mater = [[Gauhati University]]<br />
| period = 21st century<br />
| genres = Poetry<br />
| subjects = <br />
| notableworks = ''Kadam Phular Raati''<br />
| spouse = Liliban Kolkita (m. 1980)<br />
| awards = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Assam Valley Literary Award]] (2012)<br />
* [[Gangadhar National Award For Poetry]] (2020)<br />
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Assamese|Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2024)<br />
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'''Sameer Tanti''' (born 6 February 1955) is an [[Assamese language]] poet, storyteller, translator, painter and social worker from India. He is the 2012 winner of the [[Assam Valley Literary Award]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/assam-valley-literary-award-to-sameer-tanti/articleshow/19291139.cms?from=mdr |title= Assam Valley Literary Award to Sameer Tanti |date= 30 March 2013|publisher= The Economic Times|access-date= 31 August 2022}}</ref> TantI was born in Bihora tea estate, Golaghat. In 2024, he won the Sahitya Akademi Award for his book of poems “Foringbure Bator Kotha Jane”.<ref>https://assam.news18.com/news/assam/samir-tati-won-the-sahitya-akademi-award-for-his-poem-fringbore-bat-katha-jane-tv-biju-kd-430342.html</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Sameer Tant was born on 6 February 1955 at Behora, Mikirchang tea estate in the [[Karbi Anglong district]] of [[Assam]], India.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/verse-in-proletariat-heart/cid/1556571| title= Verse in Proletariat Heart : Interview with Sameer Tanti|publisher=Telegraph India|date= 21 May 2004| access-date= 31 August 2022}}</ref> He studied at Bihora Mikirchang P<br />
primary school in [[Golaghat]], higher secondary from [[Haflong]] Government College, graduation in English literature from [[Dergaon]] college and Master's degree in English from [[Gauhati University]] in 1983. He worked as a faculty member at Saraighat College before working as a translator with an English daily newspaper in Guwahati and then as a tourist information officer in the Department of Tourism, Government of Assam.<br />
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==Works==<br />
Sameer Tanti has written fourteen poetry books, four critical essays, and two translations of African and Japanese books. he has also edited two short story collections.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://www.sentinelassam.com/melange/traversing-into-the-subliminal-consciousness-in-conversation-with-eminent-assamese-poet-sameer-tanti/| title= Traversing into Subliminal Consciousness : Conversation with Eminent Assamese Poet Sameer Tanti|publisher=The Sentinel|date= 18 November 2018| access-date= 31 August 2022}}</ref> In his works he strives to bridge the growing disparity among different sections of society.<ref>{{cite news| url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/assam-valley-literary-award-to-sameer-tanti/articleshow/19291139.cms| title= Assam Valley Award to Sameer Tanti|publisher=The Economic Times|date= 30 May 2013| access-date= 31 August 2022}}</ref> He has presented his poetry at several international forums like Indian Poetry Festival (1987), Asian Poetry Festival (1988) and World Poetry Festival (1989). <br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 2012: [[Assam Valley Literary Award]]<br />
* 2016: Padmanath Vidyabinod Literary Award<br />
* 2017: Ramanath Bhattacharya Foundation Literary Award<br />
* 2019: Shortlisted for [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his book "Kayakolper Bela"<br />
* 2024: [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Assamese|Sahitya Akademi Award]] for the Book ''Foringbure Bator Kotha Jane''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=The Assam |date=2024-12-18 |title=Three Assam litterateurs honoured with Sahitya Akademi Award 2024 |url=https://assamtribune.com/assam/three-assam-litterateurs-honoured-with-sahitya-akademi-award-2024-1561566 |access-date=2024-12-18 |website=assamtribune.com |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* 1985: Yuddha Bhumir Kabitaa<br />
* Shokakul Upatyaka<br />
* Tej Andhaaror Nao<br />
* Somoy, Sabda, Sapon<br />
* 2001: Kadam Phular Raati<br />
* 2012: Ananda Aru Bedonaar Baivab<br />
* 2013: Bishad Sangeet<br />
* 2021: Foringbure Bator Kotha Jane<br />
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