<span style="color: #222222;">Renowned Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan to be Conferred upon the country's highest literary award, Jnanpith at Guwahati tomorrow.<br />''<br />''One of the most celebrated poet of Assam Nilamani Phookan has been named for the Jnanpith Award in December last year and it will be presented in Guwahati. This happened for the first time that the Jnanpith Award will be presented there.<br />''<br />''The Chief Minister of Assam Himanta Biswa  Sarma will also be present at the event. Along with him, all the members of the Jnanpith Committee will be present on the occasion.<br />''<br />''It may be recalled that Nilmani Phookan is the third person to win the Jnanpith Award from Assam. Before him, Mamoni Roisom Goswami and Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya had won the Award and both of them had accepted the award in Delhi.<br />''<br />''The notable works of Phukan are 'Xurjya Henu Naami Aahe Ei Nodiyedi', 'Kabita', and 'Gulapi Jamur Lagna'.</span><br />