Nilmani Phookan (10 September 1933 – 19 January 2023)[1] was an Indian poet in the Assamese language and an academic.
His notable works include Surya Henu Nami Ahe Ei Nodiyedi, Gulapi Jamur Lagna, and Kobita.
[7] Phookan was born in Dergaon in Golaghat district, Assam.
[8] Phookan started his career as a lecturer at Arya Vidyapeeth College in Guwahati in 1964, where he worked until his retirement in 1992.
[9][10] He was also awarded the Assam Valley Literary Award in 1997,[11] and in 2002 he received the 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".