Sarmistha Pritam

Sarmistha Pritam was born on 1987 at Phulaguri, Nagaon Assam. Her father's name is Abhoy Baruah and mother's name is Renu Baruah. She started her schooling at Phulaguri L.P school and later she joined Phulaguri High School. She passed her higher secondary education from Raha High School and Higher Studies from Raha College. She was a daily writer of various Assamese newspapers. Sarmistha Pritam is suffering from Spinal Muscular Atrophy, a rare degenerative crippling neuromuscular disease from her childhood. She is unable to walk.

She started her career as daily writer of various Assamese magazine and newspapers. Later she published her own life story Sarmisthar Atmakatha as a book.

She is Life member of "Ellora Vigyan Mancha", a non-profit making, non governmental organisation for spreading scientific temper. She is an organ/body donor.

• Atmakatha (autobiography)
• Aalfulor xopun (children novel)
• Antaheen (a biographical sketch on life and works of motivational speaker Nick Vujicic)
• Sun on my face (English Translation of the autobiography written in Assamese, Translated by Prafulla Katoky. Published by National Book Trust)
• Mera jiwon meri kahani (Hindi translation of atmakatha by Gajendra Rathi. Published by NBT)
• Rang (Novel)
• Balukat Biyali Bela (Novel)

Sarmistha Pritam won the 2012 Munin Borkotoki Literary Award, which carries a prize of 30,000 rupees and is awarded to promising authors who write in Assamese.[1] ★ Gitanjali Baruah Mili Literary award, 2017 ★ Devsons special Literary award, 2017 ★ K.K.Handiqui National Fellowship, 2017 ★ Homenn Borgohain Literary award, 2018 For Novel "Rang"