# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nagen-saikia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:42:41.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nagen-saikia"
name: "Nagen Saikia"
slug: "nagen-saikia"
description: "Nagen Saikia is an Indian writer. He was formerly a professor of Dibrugarh University. Saikia had also been a member of the Rajya Sabha from 1986-1992 and was the vice-chairman of the Upper House from 1990-1992. Saikia started his career as a teacher and went on to serve in different reputed institutions in various categories. He also delivered lectures on various topics about Assamese literature, including in the US and England. He has published numerous literary essays, short stories, novels, books and articles, to his credit. Saikia was conferred with the Sahitya Akademi award in 1997 for his short stories collection Andharat Nizar Mukh and was honoured by the Mohan Chandra Sahitya Sabha in 1980 for Chinta aru Charcha. He was conferred the Fellow of Sahitya Akademi, the highest honour conferred by the prestigious Literary body of the Nation, the Sahitya Akademi on the most distinguished Indian writers."
tagline: "Indian writer"
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-02-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump