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 Manoj Kumar Goswami  (Assamese: মনোজ কুমাৰ গোস্বামী ; born 1962, Nagaon, Assam, India) is an Indian Journalist.

Biography
Goswami was born in 1962 to Kamal Ch Goswami, a college teacher and Satradhikar, and Lakhimi Goswami in a small town Nagaon in Assam. Goswami graduated from Nowgong College and later did his post graduate studies in Physics in Gauhati University. Goswami taught physics for three years before he took up writing as a profession in 1986, in response to increasing terrorist activities associated with the Assam conflict.

Literary Career
Goswami published a series of short story collections, including Iswarhinata, Swadhinata, Samiran Barua Ahi Ase, ' Premhinata' and Aluminumor Anguli as well as a single novel: Anadi Aru Annyana. Goswami's literary career was recognized with the Katha Award for Creative Fiction in 1994, and the Sanskriti Award for Literature in 1996. His works have been translated to other Indian languages and also to English by publications like Penguin. Eminent writer late Khushwant Singh included Manoj Kumar Goswami’s short story The vulture in his collection Our Favourite Indian Stories (2002). Goswami’s debut appearance in the Assamese literary world as a short fiction writer in the 1980s made thousands of native readers enthusiastic for his powerful portrayal of the individual psyche and conflicting social reality of the Brahmaputra valley. His stories often compel the readers to take a fresh look at the issues where a naive consensus often lulls their critical gaze.

Goswami has six collections of short stories, a novel, and a travelogue, apart from numerous essays. A student of science, Manoj Kumar Goswami chose journalism as his profession and now is a leading name in Electronic and Print media of the region. He lives in Guwahati with his family.He has two sons called Anwit and Prannit.
 * Short Story Collections
 * Iswarhinata
 * Swadhinata
 * Samiran Barua Ahi Ase
 * Premhinata
 * Aluminumor Anguli
 * Novel
 * Anadi Aru Annyana

Honors
Goswami's literary career was recognized with the Katha Award for Creative Fiction in 1994, and the Sanskriti Award for Literature in 1996.  
 * Award
 * ''Katha Award
 * ''Sanskriti Award for Literature

Journalistic Career
To start his journalistic career Goswami joined Assamese daily newspaper Natun Dainik in 1986 under the editorship of Chandra Prasad Saikia and later became editor and executive editor of newspapers such as Ajir Batori, Amar Asom and Janasadharan. He also contributed as a columnist in Asomiya Pratidin and worked as the editor-in-chief of DY365, a satellite television Currently Manoj Kumar Goswami is the Chief Editor of the distinguished Assamese daily Amor Asam and also Editor-in-Chief of leading satellite news channel NKTV. This is probably a rare feat leading both a newspaper and a electronic news channel of different media house at the same time. Recently Goswami made headlines when he denied to receive the Sahitya Sanman awarded by Assam Sahitya Sabha for his writings. Goswami was trained in USA on Media's Role in Conflict Resolution. He also did a media course with RT, the Russian Television network in Moscow. Goswami's highly acclaimed documentary Anshu-Everest calling was shown in various international film festival. Based on his short stories many award winning movies are made in last couple of years.