Assamese literature is rich in fiction - novels, short stories, play and poetry, acclaimed nationally and internationally. Rewards such as Jnanpeeth and Sahitya Akademi, besides from Asom Sahitya Sabha and Mcnil and Magor are the testimony. Fiction writers in Assam, since Padmanath Gohain Baruah (1871 - 1946) to Mamoni Raisom Goswami and Birendra Nath Bhattacharyya - are ambassadors of Assamese Fiction and they truly uphold the maxim that literature reflects the society.