Guwahati:
Assamese litterateur Indira Raisom Goswami, who had taken the initiative to bring the ULFA to the negotiating table, today passed away at a hospital here after prolonged illness.
The condition of 70-year-old Goswami, who suffered a cerebral stroke in February last, turned critical last night and she was declared dead at 7:45 AM, Guwahati Medical College Hospital Superintendent R Talukdar said.
The Jnanpith award winning writer was taken to a hospital in New Delhi earlier this year for further treatment but was brought back here in July and was undergoing treatment at the GMCH since then.
She was in a paralysed state and on ventilator support.
Goswami, a Ramayani scholar, received the Jnanpith award in 2000 for her overall contribution to Assamese literature.
She authored several award-winning books which include 'Datal Hathi Uwe Khowa', 'Neelakantha Braja' and 'Adha Lekha Dastavej'.
The condition of 70-year-old Goswami, who suffered a cerebral stroke in February last, turned critical last night and she was declared dead at 7:45 AM, Guwahati Medical College Hospital Superintendent R Talukdar said.
The Jnanpith award winning writer was taken to a hospital in New Delhi earlier this year for further treatment but was brought back here in July and was undergoing treatment at the GMCH since then.
She was in a paralysed state and on ventilator support.
Goswami, a Ramayani scholar, received the Jnanpith award in 2000 for her overall contribution to Assamese literature.
She authored several award-winning books which include 'Datal Hathi Uwe Khowa', 'Neelakantha Braja' and 'Adha Lekha Dastavej'.
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