Sameer Tanti, a renowned poet of Assam, was born in 1955 in Mikirchang Tea Estate in Assam. His first work, Juddha Bhoomir Kabita (Poems from the War Fields) was published in 1985. Over the years, he has published fifteen volumes of poetry, four volumes of critical and literary essays, two translated collections of Japanese and African poetry, and has edited two short story collections.

Sameer Tanti’s poems have been translated into English and several other Indian languages. He is a recipient of the prestigious Assam Valley Literary Award in 2012.