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{{short description|Indian poet (born 1952)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sananta Tanty
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|11|04}}
| birth_place = [[Kalinagar Tea Estate]], [[Karimganj, Assam]], India
| education = Graduate
| alma_mater = [[St. Anthony's College]], Shillong <br>
[[Jorhat College]], Jorhat <br>
[[Dibru College]], Dibrugarh
| occupation = [[Poet]]
| notable_works = [[Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo]]
| spouse = Minati Tanty (Married - 1986)
| children = Swagat (Born - 1988) <br>
Tathagat (Born - 1994)
| mother = Baitarani Tanty
| father = Loke Nath Tanty
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], 2018 <br>
[[Assam Valley Literary Award]], 2017
| signature =
}}

'''Sananta Tanty''' ({{IPA-as|সন‍ন্ত তাঁতি|lang}}, (born 4 November 1952) is an eminent Indian [[Assam]]ese poet whose work is important in [[Assamese literature]]. Tanty was born to an [[Odia people|Odia]] family in [[Kalinagar Tea Estate]]. Tanty completed his secondary education at a Bengali-medium school but continued his literary works in the mainland [[Assamese language|Assamese]] language.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|last=Tanty|first=Sananta|title=Sananta Tanty, Author at RAIOT|url=https://www.raiot.in/author/sanantatanti/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=RAIOT|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Tanty has received numerous awards and distinctions, including the 2018 [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for "''Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo''" (Tomorrow Will be Ours), a collection of his poems.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Sananta Tanti and Three Other Litterateurs from North East Conferred with Sahitya Akademi Awards 2018|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/sananta-tanti-and-three-other-litterateurs-from-north-east-conferred-with-sahitya-akademi-awards-2018/|date=2018-12-06|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=২০১৮ বৰ্ষৰ সাহিত্য অকাডেমী বঁটা ঘোষণা|url=https://www.asomiyapratidin.in/2018-sahittya-akademi-prize/|date=2018-12-05|website=Asomiya Pratidin - অসমীয়া প্ৰতিদিন |language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2018-12-06|title=Assam: Tea garden poet and Bodo author among winners of Sahitya Akademi Awards 2018|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/assam-tea-garden-poet-and-bodo-author-among-winners-of-sahitya-akademi-awards-2018-5482152/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

According to the website [[Asymptote (journal)|Asymptote]], Tanty is "a chronicler of the times and an advocate for the downtrodden" and "a poet of change and of unbridled optimism".<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Sananta Tantyr Kavita Samagra|publisher=Pepyrus Publication|year=2020|editor-last=Dutta|editor-first=Kushal|location=Guwahati}}</ref><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|title=Sananta Tanty – Writer(s) – Asymptote Blog|url=https://www.asymptotejournal.com/poetry/sananta-tanty-two-poems/|access-date=2020-06-19|language=en}}</ref>

== Early Life and education ==
Sananta Tanty was born on the 4 November 1952 to Shri Loke Nath Tanty and Smt. Baitarani Tanty in Kalinagar Tea Estate in the district of [[Karimganj district|Karimganj]] of [[Assam]], near the [[India-Bangladesh border]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2018-12-06|title=Sananta Tanty: The ‘Aangbang’ poet from Assam|url=https://aiyushmandutta.wordpress.com/2018/12/06/sananta-tanty-the-aangbang-poet-from-assam/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Northeast Beats|language=en}}</ref> He started his education at a primary school in Kalinagar Tea Estate and finished his secondary education in the science stream at [[Ram Krishna Vidyapeeth Senior Secondary School]], [[Ram Krishna Nagar]] located {{Convert|2|km|miles|abbr=on}} away from his home in 1969. Sananta Tanty then went to [[Shillong]] to study at [[St. Anthony's College, Shillong|St. Anthony's College]] but had to discontinue his studies because his parents were unable to afford his education.<ref name=":4" /> He then went to work in [[Jorhat]], where he attended night classes at [[Jorhat Amalgamated College]], finally graduating from [[Dibru College]] (under [[Dibrugarh University]]) as a private candidate in 1975.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />

== Career ==
Tanty started his professional career as an employee of Assam Tea Employees' Provident Fund Organisation in Jorhat in 1971. Subsequently, he joined office of the Directorate of Information and Public Relation, [[Government of Assam]], as a Sub-Divisional Information and Public Relations Officer in [[Guwahati]]. He then joined the Assam Tea Employees' Provident Fund Organisation<ref name=":3" /> as an officer in the Public Relations department and became Senior Public Relations Officer, finally retiring from service in 2012 as Deputy Provident Fund Commissioner.<ref name=":2" /> Tanty was given an extension for another one and a half years after his retirement as an Officer on Special Duties.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

== Personal life ==
Sananta Tanty married Smt. Minati Tanty (formerly Minati Kakati) from [[North Lakhimpur]] on 18 February 1986. They have two sons; Swagat (born 1988) and Tathagat (born 1994).<ref name=":1" />

== Positions held ==
Positions Tanty held:<ref name=":1" />
* Member, Executive Committee, [http://clt.medhassu.in/ Children’s Literary Trust], Government of Assam
* Member (nominated), Central Working Committee, [[Assam Sahitya Sabha|Asom Sahitya Sabha]]
* Member, Advisory Committee, [[All India Radio]], Guwahati
* Member, Assamese Language Advisory Board, [[Sahitya Akademi]]
* Member, Working Committee, Public Relations Society – North-east Branch

== Published works ==
Works include:<ref name=":1" />
* Ujjol Nakhyatror Sandhanot (Poetry book, Trend, Guwahati, January 1981)
* Moi Manuhor Amal Utsav (Poetry Book, LBS Publication, Guwahati, November 1985)
* Nizor Biruddhey Sesh Prastab (Poetry Book, LBS Publication, Guwahati, August 1990)
* Sabdat Othoba Sabdahinotat (Poetry Book, LBS Publication, Guwahati, 1993)
* Mrityur Agar Stoppageot (Poetry Book, LBS Publication, Guwahati, 1996)
* Toponito Ketiaba Barisha Ahey (Poetry Book, LBS Publication, Guwahati, 1997)
* Dhuan Sar Sopun (Poetry Book, Puthi Niketan, Guwahati, 1999)
* Dirno Bosontor Saurav (Poetry Book, Journal Emporium, Nalbari, 2002)
* Apuni Apunar Hotey Yudhha Koribo Paribone (Poetry Book, Seuji Seuji, Nankar Bhaira, Nalbari, 2004)
* Moi (Poetry Book, Seuji Seuji, Naakar Bhaira, Nalbari, 2008)
* Mur Nirabhoron Atmar Sokaboho Sobdobur (Poetry Book, Seuji Seuji, Naakar Bhaira, Nalbari, 2010)
* Kailoir Dinto Amar Hobo (Poetry Book, Aank Baak, Guwahati, December 2013)
* Mur Priyo Sopunor Osore Panzore (Poetry Book, Faculty Books, Guwahati, April 2017)
* Selected Poems Sananta Tanty (Translated into English by Dibyojyoti Sharma, Eye Right Imprint, New Delhi, 2017)

=== In-press ===

* Kavita Samagra :SanantaTanty (Editor: Kushal Dutta, Papyrus Publication, Guwahati)
* Karimganjorpora Relerre Ahonte (Poetry Book, Aank Baak, Guwahati)

His works have been translated into many languages in the country and abroad.

== Awards and recognition ==
Awards received:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Thongchi receives Assam Valley Literary Award|url=https://arunachalobserver.org/2018/03/25/thongchi-receives-assam-valley-literary-award/|date=2018-03-25|website=Arunachal Observer|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite news|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2018-12-06|title=Assam governor congratulates Sahitya Akademi award winners|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/assam-governor-congratulates-sahitya-akademi-award-winners-118120600692_1.html|access-date=2020-05-13}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
* 1992, Mrinalini Devi Goswami Memorial Award, conferred by Asom Poets Society, Assam
* 2002, Bir Birsa Munda Award, conferred by Dalit Sahitya Akademi – Assam Chapter
* 2011, Usman Ali Sadagar Samannay Award, Char-Chapori Sahitya Parishad, Assam
* 2014, Krantikal Sahitya Samann, conferred by Krantikal Publishers, Nagaon, Assam
* 2015, Sailadhar Rajkhowa Award, conferred by Asom Sahitya Sabha, Assam
* 2016, Padmanath Vidyavinod Smriti Sahitya Purashkar, conferred by Ramanath Bhattacharyya Foundation, Mumbai
* 2017, [[Assam Valley Literary Award]], conferred by Williamson Magor Education Trust, Assam<ref>{{Cite web|title=Arunachal Observer|url=https://arunachalobserver.org/2018/03/25/thongchi-receives-assam-valley-literary-award/|date=March 25, 2018|access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref>
* 2018, Sahitya Akademi Award<ref>{{Cite web|title=Akademi Awards (1955-2019)|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp*ASSAMESE|year=2018|website=Sahitya Academi|access-date=May 15, 2020}}</ref> Conferred by ''[[Sahitya Akademi]],'' Government of India<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sahitya Adacemy Award in Assamese|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp*ASSAMESE|last=Sananta|first=Tanty|date=2020-05-14|website=Sahitya Academy, Government of India}}</ref>
* 2020, Meghraj Karmakar Sahitya Award, Conferred by Assam Tea Community Sahitya Sabha, Assam

== Impact and legacy ==
{{review|date=July 2020}}
While growing up, Sananta Tanty read a lot of [[Bengali literature]] at home.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|date=6 November 2018|title=Sananta Tanty|url=https://rajivkonwar100.blogspot.com/2018/11/sananta-tanti.html|access-date=19 June 2020|website=Assam News}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> He portrays the emotions of a downtrodden people in elegant words and weaves verses of beautiful human poetry. Hope plays a big part in the poetry of Tanty as he conjures contrasting planes of thought into his works.<ref name=":4" /> The plight of the [[Tea-garden community of Assam|tea gardeners]], their lives, a deep sense of longing along with a determined choice to elicit changes in their lives is prominent in verses of Tanty's poetry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Das|first=Nabina|title=A terrible beauty shines through this tea garden poet’s fierce verses on war, freedom, erotica|url=https://scroll.in/article/838874/a-terrible-beauty-shines-through-this-tea-garden-poets-fierce-verses-on-war-freedom-erotica|access-date=2020-06-19|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref> His left-wing radicalism and sensitivity made him a voice to be reckoned with.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":5" />

During his time in Jorhat, Sananta Tanty came in contact with many prominent litterateurs of the state, which gave an urge to learn the Assamese language.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7" /> He began writing for a magazine, then edited by Dr. [[Nagen Saikia]] and his penchant for words started gaining him notice.<ref name=":5" /> He is also credited with revolutionising the field of modern [[Assamese poetry]] and has emerged as an important voice within it.<ref name=":7" /> It is his indulgence in life of the ordinary people, prominence of society and politics upon which lies no pretense gives him legitimacy and stokes a romanticism for the working class and culture.<ref name=":6" /> He is one of the stalwarts in the state today in the field of literature.<ref name=":3" />

== References ==
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== See also ==

#[[:as:সনন্ত তাঁতি]]

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