Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Veteran Assamese Journalist Homen Borgohain passes away at 88

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Noted Assamese litterateur and journalist Homen Borgohain has passed away. He was 88.
Borgohain was associated with several newspapers and was most recently working as the editor in chief of Assamese daily Niyomiya Barta until his death.
He was also the President of Assam Sahitya Sabha.
He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 1978 for Assamese language for his novel ‘Pita Putra’.
Borgohain has written several novels, short stories and poetry.