Mangal Singh Hazowary

Mangal Singh Hazowary
Mangal Singh Hazowary in Kokrajhar 2023
Born	(1954-03-02) 2 March 1954 (age 71) Silbari, Assam, India
Occupation	Poet
Language	Bodo language
Notable work	Ziuni Mwkthang Bisombi Arw Aroj
Notable awards	Sahitya Akademi Award, 2005 [1] Padma Shri, 2021

Mangal Singh Hazowary is an Indian Bodo language poet. He is recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for his poetry "Ziuni Mwkthang Bisombi Arw Aroj" in 2005. ^{[2] [3]} The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2021, for his contributions to literature and education in the state of Assam. ^[4]

References

1. Zee News (22 December 2005). "22 get Sahitya Akademi Awards" . Retrieved 26 August 2018.
2. "Mangal Singh Hazowary - Sahitya Akademi" (PDF). Retrieved 26 August 2018.
3. The Hindu (23 December 2005). "National : 23, including 4 novelists, get Sahitya Akademi award". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
4. "Padma Awards: 2021" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs (India). 25 January 2021. pp. 2–5. Retrieved 26 January 2021.