{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=721","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=719","results":[{"id":243,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Sachidananda_Routray.png","name":"Sachidananda Routray","bio":"Sachidananda Routray (13 May 1916 – 21 August 2004) was an Odia poet, novelist, short-story writer. He received Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award of India, in 1986. He was popularly known as Sachi Routray.\r\nHe started his writing career through \" patheya \" (1st poetry) in 1932.In 1943, Routray became very famous among Odia readers when he published Baji Rout, a long poem that celebrated the martyrdom of a boatman boy who succumbed to the bullets of British police when he refused to take them in his rickety boat to cross the river Brahmani. He was a prolific poet and published as many as twenty anthologies. His Pallishri, dealing with village life in Odisha, is as successful as his poem Pratima Nayak that portrays the suffering and the predicament of a city girl. He belonged to a group of writers who called themselves 'poets of the people'.\r\n\r\nRoutray also published a few poems with religion as their theme.\r\n\r\n\"Chhota Mora Gan Ti\" was written by Routray. This topic is now taught by most of the teachers in Odisha.","raw_bio":"Sachidananda Routray (13 May 1916 – 21 August 2004) was an Odia poet, novelist, short-story writer. He received Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award of India, in 1986. He was popularly known as Sachi Routray.\r He started his writing career through \" patheya \" (1st poetry) in 1932.In 1943, Routray became very famous among Odia readers when he published Baji Rout, a long poem that celebrated the martyrdom of a boatman boy who succumbed to the bullets of British police when he refused to take them in his rickety boat to cross the river Brahmani. He was a prolific poet and published as many as twenty anthologies. His Pallishri, dealing with village life in Odisha, is as successful as his poem Pratima Nayak that portrays the suffering and the predicament of a city girl. He belonged to a group of writers who called themselves 'poets of the people'.\r \r Routray also published a few poems with religion as their theme.\r \r \"Chhota Mora Gan Ti\" was written by Routray. This topic is now taught by most of the teachers in Odisha.","slug":"sachidananda-routray","DOB":"1916-05-13","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Gurujang, Khordha","url":"/sootradhar/sachidananda-routray","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:48.123496","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":370,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/download_1.jpeg","name":"Gokulananda Mahapatra","bio":"Gokulananda Mahapatra (24 May 1922 – 10 July 2013) was an Indian scientist and science fiction writer, who popularized science in the Odia language. Mahapatra has authored over 95 science fiction and children science books. Some of his notable contributions are Krutrima Upagraha, Prithibi bahare Manisha, Chandra ra Mrutyu, Nishabda Godhuli, Madam Curie and Nila Chakra Bala Sapare. He was the founding member of Orissa Bigyana Prachar Samhiti with the objective of making science popular in the state of Orissa. He received Orissa Sahitya Akademy Award for his book E juga ra sreshtha abiskara.
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Stories

\r\n","raw_bio":"Gokulananda Mahapatra (24 May 1922 – 10 July 2013) was an Indian scientist and science fiction writer, who popularized science in the Odia language. Mahapatra has authored over 95 science fiction and children science books. Some of his notable contributions are Krutrima Upagraha, Prithibi bahare Manisha, Chandra ra Mrutyu, Nishabda Godhuli, Madam Curie and Nila Chakra Bala Sapare. He was the founding member of Orissa Bigyana Prachar Samhiti with the objective of making science popular in the state of Orissa. He received Orissa Sahitya Akademy Award for his book E juga ra sreshtha abiskara. Publications Science fiction Pruthibi bahare manisha Krutrima Upagraha Chandrara Mrutyu Nishabda Godhuli Sunara Odisha Mrutyu eka matrutwa ra Nishchala pruthibi Mrutyu rashmi Stories Udanta thalia Chaturtha parisara Bigyana bichitra Bigyanara srestha abiskara E jugara srestha abiskara ","slug":"gokulananda-mahapatra","DOB":"1922-05-24","DateOfDemise":"2013-07-10","location":"Bhadrak, Odisha, India","url":"/sootradhar/gokulananda-mahapatra","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:48.140066","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":379,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Bidyut_Prabha_Devi.jpeg","name":"Bidyut Prabha Devi","bio":"Bidyut Prabha Devi (12 July 1926 – 28 January 1977) was an Odia poet from India. She is recognized as one of the best female poets in Odia literature.\r\n
\r\nBidyut Prabha started writing poems from 1940 and subsequently her poems were published in literary magazines, with her elder sister Basanti who had written some poems. She published her first collection of poems Sabita in 1944, which has mostly patriotic poems relating to the glory and grandeur of the land of Orissa.\r\n
\r\nThough educated in urban area, her poems reflects memory of rural life of her childhood. Considerably influenced by two Odia poets, Nanda Kishore Bal and Kunja Bihari Das, her poems deal with the problem of women that exist in an age-old conservative society. She also wrote plays and some children's literature.[2][3] Her complete works of poems was published as Bidyutprabha Sanchayan in 1957.
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\r\n","raw_bio":"Bidyut Prabha Devi (12 July 1926 – 28 January 1977) was an Odia poet from India. She is recognized as one of the best female poets in Odia literature.\r \r Bidyut Prabha started writing poems from 1940 and subsequently her poems were published in literary magazines, with her elder sister Basanti who had written some poems. She published her first collection of poems Sabita in 1944, which has mostly patriotic poems relating to the glory and grandeur of the land of Orissa.\r \r Though educated in urban area, her poems reflects memory of rural life of her childhood. Considerably influenced by two Odia poets, Nanda Kishore Bal and Kunja Bihari Das, her poems deal with the problem of women that exist in an age-old conservative society. She also wrote plays and some children's literature.[2][3] Her complete works of poems was published as Bidyutprabha Sanchayan in 1957. Collection of poems Sabita (1947) \r Utkal Saraswata Prativa (1947) \r Kanakanjali (1948) \r Marichika (1948) \r Bihayasi (1949) \r Bandenika (1950) \r Swapnadeep (1951) \r Jhara Siuli (1957) \r Jahaku Jie (1957) ","slug":"bidyut-prabha-devi","DOB":"1926-07-12","DateOfDemise":"1977-01-28","location":"Odisha","url":"/sootradhar/bidyut-prabha-devi","tags":null,"created":"2023-09-22T12:18:48.160372","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":516,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/220px-Portrait_of_Kuntala_Kumari_Sabat.jpg","name":"Kuntala Kumari Sabat","bio":"Kuntala Kumari Sabat (1901–1938) was an Odia poet during colonial India. She was one of the women poets who came into prominence from Odisha during India's freedom struggle. She was multifaceted personality. She was a physician, writer, poet, editor, leader of nationalist movement and social worker. She was honored with Utkala Bharati in 1925.","raw_bio":"Kuntala Kumari Sabat (1901–1938) was an Odia poet during colonial India. She was one of the women poets who came into prominence from Odisha during India's freedom struggle. She was multifaceted personality. She was a physician, writer, poet, editor, leader of nationalist movement and social worker. She was honored with Utkala Bharati in 1925.","slug":"kuntala-kumari-sabat","DOB":"1900-02-08","DateOfDemise":"1938-08-23","location":"Jagadalpur, Chattishgarh, India","url":"/sootradhar/kuntala-kumari-sabat","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:18:48.175221","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":575,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/srikanta_mahapatro.jpg","name":"Sitakant Mahapatra","bio":"

Sitakant Mahapatra (born 17 September 1937) is an eminent Indian poet and literary critic in Odia as well as English. He was in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) since 1961 until retiring in 1995, and has held ex officio posts such as the Chairman of National Book Trust, New Delhi since then.

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He has published over 15 poetry collection, 5 essay collections, a travelogue, over 30 contemplative works, apart from numerous translations. His poetry collection has been published in several Indian languages. His notable works are, Sabdar Akash (1971) (The Sky of Words), Samudra (1977) and Anek Sharat (1981).

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He was awarded the 1974 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia for his poetry collection, Sabdara Akasha (The Sky of Words). He was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1993 \"for outstanding contribution to Indian literature\" and in its citation the Bharatiya Jnanpith noted, \"Deeply steeped in western literature his pen has the rare rapturous fragrance of native soil\"; he was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011 for literature apart from winning the Soviet Land Nehru Award, Kabeer Samman and several other prestigious awards.

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Awards and recognition
Orissa Sahitya Academy Award - 1971 and 1984
Sahitya Akademi Award - 1974
Sarala Award - 1985
Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour - 1993
Padma Bhushan (the third highest civilian award of India)- 2003
Padma Vibhushan (the second highest civilian award of India) - 2010
Sahitya Akademi Fellow - 2013
SAARC Literary Award - 2015
Tagore Peace Award - 2017
Bibliography
Quiet violence. Writers Workshop, Kolkatta 1970. ISBN 0-89253-605-5.
The Empty distance carries ...: Oraon & Mundari tribal songs transcreated, with an introduction by Edward Tuite Dalton. Writers Workshop, Kolkata 1972.
The other silence, Writers Workshop, Kolkata 1973.
The Wooden Sword, Utkala Sahitya Bikash, 1973.
Old man in Summer and other poems, United Writers, 1975.
Staying is nowhere: an anthology of Kondh and Paraja poetry, Ind-U. S. Incorporated, 1976.

","raw_bio":"Sitakant Mahapatra (born 17 September 1937) is an eminent Indian poet and literary critic in Odia as well as English. He was in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) since 1961 until retiring in 1995, and has held ex officio posts such as the Chairman of National Book Trust, New Delhi since then. He has published over 15 poetry collection, 5 essay collections, a travelogue, over 30 contemplative works, apart from numerous translations. His poetry collection has been published in several Indian languages. His notable works are, Sabdar Akash (1971) (The Sky of Words), Samudra (1977) and Anek Sharat (1981). He was awarded the 1974 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia for his poetry collection, Sabdara Akasha (The Sky of Words). He was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1993 \"for outstanding contribution to Indian literature\" and in its citation the Bharatiya Jnanpith noted, \"Deeply steeped in western literature his pen has the rare rapturous fragrance of native soil\"; he was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011 for literature apart from winning the Soviet Land Nehru Award, Kabeer Samman and several other prestigious awards. Awards and recognition Orissa Sahitya Academy Award - 1971 and 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award - 1974 Sarala Award - 1985 Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour - 1993 Padma Bhushan (the third highest civilian award of India)- 2003 Padma Vibhushan (the second highest civilian award of India) - 2010 Sahitya Akademi Fellow - 2013 SAARC Literary Award - 2015 Tagore Peace Award - 2017 Bibliography Quiet violence. Writers Workshop, Kolkatta 1970. ISBN 0-89253-605-5. The Empty distance carries ...: Oraon & Mundari tribal songs transcreated, with an introduction by Edward Tuite Dalton. Writers Workshop, Kolkata 1972. The other silence, Writers Workshop, Kolkata 1973. The Wooden Sword, Utkala Sahitya Bikash, 1973. Old man in Summer and other poems, United Writers, 1975. Staying is nowhere: an anthology of Kondh and Paraja poetry, Ind-U. S. Incorporated, 1976.","slug":"sitakant-mahapatra","DOB":"1937-09-17","DateOfDemise":null,"location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/sitakant-mahapatra","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:18:48.189099","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":606,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Gopabndhu-Das.jpg","name":"Gopabandhu Das","bio":"Gopabandhu Das (1877–1928), popularly known as Utkalamani (Jewel of Utkal or Orissa), was a social worker, reformer, political activist, journalist, poet and essayist.
\r\nGopabandhu Das was born on 9 October 1877 in Suando village, near Puri in what was then called Orissa. His mother was Swarnamayee Devi, the third wife of Daitari Das. His father was a mukhtiar and the family were reasonably well-off. Das married Apti at the age of twelve but continued his education. He had basic schooling in the village before progressing to a middle school nearby. Then, in 1893, by which time his mother had died, Das joined Puri Zilla School. There he was influenced by Mukhtiar Ramchandra Das, a teacher who was both a nationalist and a proponent of public service in aid of people in distress. Becoming adept at organising his fellow children in the spirit of co-operation, the inadequate response of authorities for the victims of an outbreak of cholera prompted him to start a voluntary corps called Puri Seva Samiti. Its members helped those suffering from the outbreak and also cremated the dead.
Das, whose father by now had died, progressed to Ravenshaw College in Cuttack. He became a regular contributor to local literary magazines called Indradhanu and Bijuli, where he argued that any modern literary movement, just like any modern nation, could not be a clean break with the old but rather had to acknowledge and base itself on its past. In one instance, he submitted a satirical poem that so enraged the Inspector of Schools that Das was punished when he refused to apologise for it.","raw_bio":"Gopabandhu Das (1877–1928), popularly known as Utkalamani (Jewel of Utkal or Orissa), was a social worker, reformer, political activist, journalist, poet and essayist. \r Gopabandhu Das was born on 9 October 1877 in Suando village, near Puri in what was then called Orissa. His mother was Swarnamayee Devi, the third wife of Daitari Das. His father was a mukhtiar and the family were reasonably well-off. Das married Apti at the age of twelve but continued his education. He had basic schooling in the village before progressing to a middle school nearby. Then, in 1893, by which time his mother had died, Das joined Puri Zilla School. There he was influenced by Mukhtiar Ramchandra Das, a teacher who was both a nationalist and a proponent of public service in aid of people in distress. Becoming adept at organising his fellow children in the spirit of co-operation, the inadequate response of authorities for the victims of an outbreak of cholera prompted him to start a voluntary corps called Puri Seva Samiti. Its members helped those suffering from the outbreak and also cremated the dead. Das, whose father by now had died, progressed to Ravenshaw College in Cuttack. He became a regular contributor to local literary magazines called Indradhanu and Bijuli, where he argued that any modern literary movement, just like any modern nation, could not be a clean break with the old but rather had to acknowledge and base itself on its past. In one instance, he submitted a satirical poem that so enraged the Inspector of Schools that Das was punished when he refused to apologise for it.","slug":"gopabandhu-das","DOB":"1877-10-09","DateOfDemise":"1928-06-17","location":"Suando, Puri district, Odisha, British India","url":"/sootradhar/gopabandhu-das","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:18:48.222274","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":12541,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Manoj_Das_Odia_Author.jpeg","name":"Manoj Das","bio":"ମନୋଜ ଦାସ ( ୨୭ ଫେବୃଆରୀ ୧୯୩୪ - ୨୭ ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୧) ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଓ ଇଂରାଜୀ ଭାଷାର ଜଣେ ଗାଳ୍ପିକ ଓ ଔପନ୍ୟାସିକ ଥିଲେ । ଏତଦ ଭିନ୍ନ ସେ ଶିଶୁ ସାହିତ୍ୟ, ଭ୍ରମଣ କାହାଣୀ, କବିତା, ପ୍ରବନ୍ଧ ଆଦି ସାହିତ୍ୟର ବିଭିନ୍ନ ବିଭାଗରେ ନିଜ ଲେଖନୀ ଚାଳନା କରିଥିଲେ । ସେ ପାଞ୍ଚଟି ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟରୁ ସମ୍ମାନଜନକ ଡକ୍ଟରେଟ୍ ଉପାଧି ଲାଭ ସହିତ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀର ସର୍ବୋଚ୍ଚ ଅତିବଡ଼ୀ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ଦାସ ସମ୍ମାନ, ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ସମ୍ମାନ ଓ ଭାରତ ସରକାରଙ୍କଠାରୁ ୨୦୦୧ ମସିହାରେ ପଦ୍ମଶ୍ରୀ ଓ ୨୦୨୦ ମସିହାରେ ପଦ୍ମ ଭୂଷଣ ସହ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ଫେଲୋସିପ ପାଇଥିଲେ । ସେ ଟାଇମସ ଅଫ ଇଣ୍ଡିଆ, ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ଥାନ ଟାଇମସ, ଦି ହିନ୍ଦୁ, ଷ୍ଟେଟ୍ସମ୍ୟାନ ଆଦି ଅନେକ ଦୈନିକ ଖବରକାଗଜରେ ଲେଖାମାନ ଲେଖିଥିଲେ ।\r\n
\r\nManoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Award in India, and Padma Bhusan in 2020, the third-highest Civilian Award in India for his contribution to the field of Literature & Education.
\r\nKendra Sahitya Akademi has bestowed its highest award (also India's highest literary award) i.e Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship.
\r\nIn 1971, his research in the archives of London and Edinburgh brought to light some of the little-known facts of India's freedom struggle in the first decade of the twentieth century led by Sri Aurobindo for which he received the first Sri Aurobindo Puraskar (Kolkata).
\r\nHis deeper quest led him to mysticism and he was an inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry since 1963 where he taught English Literature and the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo at the Sri Aurobindo International University.
","raw_bio":"ମନୋଜ ଦାସ ( ୨୭ ଫେବୃଆରୀ ୧୯୩୪ - ୨୭ ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୧) ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଓ ଇଂରାଜୀ ଭାଷାର ଜଣେ ଗାଳ୍ପିକ ଓ ଔପନ୍ୟାସିକ ଥିଲେ । ଏତଦ ଭିନ୍ନ ସେ ଶିଶୁ ସାହିତ୍ୟ, ଭ୍ରମଣ କାହାଣୀ, କବିତା, ପ୍ରବନ୍ଧ ଆଦି ସାହିତ୍ୟର ବିଭିନ୍ନ ବିଭାଗରେ ନିଜ ଲେଖନୀ ଚାଳନା କରିଥିଲେ । ସେ ପାଞ୍ଚଟି ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟରୁ ସମ୍ମାନଜନକ ଡକ୍ଟରେଟ୍ ଉପାଧି ଲାଭ ସହିତ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀର ସର୍ବୋଚ୍ଚ ଅତିବଡ଼ୀ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ଦାସ ସମ୍ମାନ, ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ସମ୍ମାନ ଓ ଭାରତ ସରକାରଙ୍କଠାରୁ ୨୦୦୧ ମସିହାରେ ପଦ୍ମଶ୍ରୀ ଓ ୨୦୨୦ ମସିହାରେ ପଦ୍ମ ଭୂଷଣ ସହ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ଫେଲୋସିପ ପାଇଥିଲେ । ସେ ଟାଇମସ ଅଫ ଇଣ୍ଡିଆ, ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ଥାନ ଟାଇମସ, ଦି ହିନ୍ଦୁ, ଷ୍ଟେଟ୍ସମ୍ୟାନ ଆଦି ଅନେକ ଦୈନିକ ଖବରକାଗଜରେ ଲେଖାମାନ ଲେଖିଥିଲେ ।\r \r Manoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Award in India, and Padma Bhusan in 2020, the third-highest Civilian Award in India for his contribution to the field of Literature & Education. \r Kendra Sahitya Akademi has bestowed its highest award (also India's highest literary award) i.e Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship. \r In 1971, his research in the archives of London and Edinburgh brought to light some of the little-known facts of India's freedom struggle in the first decade of the twentieth century led by Sri Aurobindo for which he received the first Sri Aurobindo Puraskar (Kolkata). \r His deeper quest led him to mysticism and he was an inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry since 1963 where he taught English Literature and the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo at the Sri Aurobindo International University.","slug":"manoj-das","DOB":"1934-02-27","DateOfDemise":"2021-04-27","location":"Odisha","url":"/sootradhar/manoj-das","tags":"","created":"2023-09-22T12:18:48.240548","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27527,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Nilamani_sahoo.jpg","name":"Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo","bio":"Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo (22 December 1926 – 25 June 2016), surname also spelt Sahu, was an Indian Odia language short story writer. He received several literary awards over his career, including the 1979 Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for Akasha Patala, and the 1983 Sarala Award and the 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia, for Abhisapta Gandharba. Sahoo died on 25 June 2016 after multiple organ failures.[1][2]\r\n
\r\nLife and career:\r\nSahoo was born on 22 December 1926 in the town Niali of the Cuttack district in a wealthy zamindar family. He studied and completed matriculation at the Binjharpur High School and later went on to finish his graduation and post-graduation in Odia at the Ravenshaw College at Cuttack. After post-graduation, Sahoo took the job of librarian at the Sambalpur University where he continued for two years. Later he took the post of lecturer of Odia at the Bhadrak College, followed by Paralakhemundi Government College at Gajapati. Sahoo became vice-principal and later principal of the BJB Evening College at Bhubaneshwar.","raw_bio":"Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo (22 December 1926 – 25 June 2016), surname also spelt Sahu, was an Indian Odia language short story writer. He received several literary awards over his career, including the 1979 Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for Akasha Patala, and the 1983 Sarala Award and the 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia, for Abhisapta Gandharba. Sahoo died on 25 June 2016 after multiple organ failures.[1][2]\r \r Life and career:\r Sahoo was born on 22 December 1926 in the town Niali of the Cuttack district in a wealthy zamindar family. He studied and completed matriculation at the Binjharpur High School and later went on to finish his graduation and post-graduation in Odia at the Ravenshaw College at Cuttack. After post-graduation, Sahoo took the job of librarian at the Sambalpur University where he continued for two years. Later he took the post of lecturer of Odia at the Bhadrak College, followed by Paralakhemundi Government College at Gajapati. Sahoo became vice-principal and later principal of the BJB Evening College at Bhubaneshwar.","slug":"mohapatra-nilamani-sahoo","DOB":"1926-12-22","DateOfDemise":"2016-06-25","location":"Cuttack","url":"/sootradhar/mohapatra-nilamani-sahoo","tags":"","created":"2023-12-21T11:28:05.003451","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27530,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/375px-Jagannath_Prasad_Das.jpg","name":"Jagannath Prasad Das","bio":"Jagannath Prasad Das (born 26 April 1936) is an Indian writer, poet,painter, playwright and novelist who writes in Odia.\r\n\r\n

Life

\r\nStarting his career with a brief teaching assignment as assistant professor in the University of Allahabad, he joined the Indian Administrative Service and had held positions in the Government of Odisha and the Central Government. He has chosen to settle down in Delhi after taking premature retirement from Government service and is involved in the cultural and social life of the city where he lives.\r\n\r\n

Awards

\r\nVishuva Award from Pajatantra Prachar Samiti – 1976 and 1984\r\n
\r\nOdisha Sahitya Akademi Award – 1975 (for Je Jahara Nirjanata)\r\n
\r\nSahitya Akademi Award – 1990 (for Ahnika). He did not accept the award.\r\n
\r\nSarala Award – 1998 (for Priya Vidushaka)\r\n
\r\nNandikar Playwright Award – 2000\r\n
\r\nSaraswati Samman – 2006 (for Parikrama)","raw_bio":"Jagannath Prasad Das (born 26 April 1936) is an Indian writer, poet,painter, playwright and novelist who writes in Odia.\r \r Life \r Starting his career with a brief teaching assignment as assistant professor in the University of Allahabad, he joined the Indian Administrative Service and had held positions in the Government of Odisha and the Central Government. He has chosen to settle down in Delhi after taking premature retirement from Government service and is involved in the cultural and social life of the city where he lives.\r \r Awards \r Vishuva Award from Pajatantra Prachar Samiti – 1976 and 1984\r \r Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award – 1975 (for Je Jahara Nirjanata)\r \r Sahitya Akademi Award – 1990 (for Ahnika). He did not accept the award.\r \r Sarala Award – 1998 (for Priya Vidushaka)\r \r Nandikar Playwright Award – 2000\r \r Saraswati Samman – 2006 (for Parikrama)","slug":"jagannath-prasad-das","DOB":"1936-04-26","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"Puri","url":"/sootradhar/jagannath-prasad-das","tags":"","created":"2023-12-22T13:00:56.398516","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27531,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Santanu_Kumar_Acharya.png","name":"Santanu Kumar Acharya","bio":"
Santanu Kumar Acharya (born 1933) is a National Sahitya Academy Award-winning Indian writer.
Acharya, born in 1933 in Kolkata, comes from the village Siddheswar Pur of the Cuttack district Odisha. He served the Government of Odisha as a college teacher for 34 years, from 1958 to 1992. He retired as the Registrar of Utkal University.
Acharya has written 16 novels, 23 short story collections comprising about 400 stories, and 11 children's books.
Mo Jeeban : Anya Eka Upanyasa, 2013 (My Life is Another Novel)
Baichitryamaya Desha: America Bhramana, 2015 (The Mysterious Country: America - A travelogue)","raw_bio":"Santanu Kumar Acharya (born 1933) is a National Sahitya Academy Award-winning Indian writer. Acharya, born in 1933 in Kolkata, comes from the village Siddheswar Pur of the Cuttack district Odisha. He served the Government of Odisha as a college teacher for 34 years, from 1958 to 1992. He retired as the Registrar of Utkal University. Acharya has written 16 novels, 23 short story collections comprising about 400 stories, and 11 children's books. Mo Jeeban : Anya Eka Upanyasa, 2013 (My Life is Another Novel) Baichitryamaya Desha: America Bhramana, 2015 (The Mysterious Country: America - A travelogue)","slug":"santanu-kumar-acharya","DOB":"1933-05-15","DateOfDemise":null,"location":null,"url":"/sootradhar/santanu-kumar-acharya","tags":"","created":"2023-12-27T16:40:24.397034","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27575,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Susmita Bagchi","bio":"
Susmita Bagchi (née Panda) is an Indian writer who writes in Odia and English. She has published numerous books of novels short-stories and travelogues. She is the daughter of Sakuntala Panda, a prominent Odia writer and founder of Odia women's monthly Sucharita. She is best known for her short story collection Akasha Jeunthi Katha for which she won Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992. She is currently heading the Mo school programme.
She was born on 25 September 1960 at Cuttack. Her mother Sakuntala Panda was a prominent Odia writer. She did her education in Odisha before her post-graduation in political science and did a stint as a lecturer at Delhi University. She met her future husband Subroto Bagchi when she was fifteen years old. They tied the knot 4 years later.
She wrote her first short story for Sucharita 1982. Her first short story collection Akasha Jeunthi Katha was published in 1990.She followed up with Chhai Sepakhe Manisha. Her Odia novel \"Deba Shishu\" was about children living with cerebral palsy, It was published in 2006. It was translated into English and published by Penguin as \"Children of a Better God\" in 2010. She was appointed to head the Mo school programme of Government of Odisha that aims at improving the government and government aided schools in the state.","raw_bio":"Susmita Bagchi (née Panda) is an Indian writer who writes in Odia and English. She has published numerous books of novels short-stories and travelogues. She is the daughter of Sakuntala Panda, a prominent Odia writer and founder of Odia women's monthly Sucharita. She is best known for her short story collection Akasha Jeunthi Katha for which she won Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award in 1992. She is currently heading the Mo school programme. She was born on 25 September 1960 at Cuttack. Her mother Sakuntala Panda was a prominent Odia writer. She did her education in Odisha before her post-graduation in political science and did a stint as a lecturer at Delhi University. She met her future husband Subroto Bagchi when she was fifteen years old. They tied the knot 4 years later. She wrote her first short story for Sucharita 1982. Her first short story collection Akasha Jeunthi Katha was published in 1990.She followed up with Chhai Sepakhe Manisha. Her Odia novel \"Deba Shishu\" was about children living with cerebral palsy, It was published in 2006. It was translated into English and published by Penguin as \"Children of a Better God\" in 2010. She was appointed to head the Mo school programme of Government of Odisha that aims at improving the government and government aided schools in the state.","slug":"susmita-bagchi","DOB":"1960-09-25","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/susmita-bagchi","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:37:33.777847","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27576,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Nanda Kishore Bal","bio":"Nanda Kishore Bal (22 December 1875 – 1 July 1928), was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Odia poetry. He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Odisha. He was initially named as Rasananda Jena. Later he was adopted by her aunt and then came the name Nanda Kishore Bal. He is popularly known as \"Palli Kabi\" (the poet of rural life) for his tender lyrics, celebrating the beauty of rural Odisha in his poems.
Pallikabi Nanda Kishore Bal was a poet of the rural scene, portraying its simplicity, its superstitions and festivals. His popular lyrics for children Nana Baya Gita are sung to the accompaniment of music. He wrote several poems that reveal his strong spiritual inclination, and sharp awareness of social problems. Among his collections are, Nirjharini(The Stream), Palli Chitra (The picture of countryside), Basanta-Kokila, Tarangini, Charuchitra, Nirmalya, Prabhata Sangeeta, Sandhya Sangita, Krushna Kumari and Sarmishtha.
Nanda Kishore Bal wrote about a hundred sonnets which are scattered throughout his collections. His sonnets deal with both nature and personal suffering, and reveal high poetic sensibility. These sonnets are known for their restrained thoughts and versification.
Kanakalata by Nanda Kishore is a novel published in 1925. A substantial part of this novel was actually published in serialized form in Utkal Sahitya in 1913. The plot of the novel is an indictment of the evils of dowry system in rural aristocratic society, and the predicament of the child-widows, who were condemned into a life of anguish and suffering.","raw_bio":"Nanda Kishore Bal (22 December 1875 – 1 July 1928), was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Odia poetry. He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Odisha. He was initially named as Rasananda Jena. Later he was adopted by her aunt and then came the name Nanda Kishore Bal. He is popularly known as \"Palli Kabi\" (the poet of rural life) for his tender lyrics, celebrating the beauty of rural Odisha in his poems. Pallikabi Nanda Kishore Bal was a poet of the rural scene, portraying its simplicity, its superstitions and festivals. His popular lyrics for children Nana Baya Gita are sung to the accompaniment of music. He wrote several poems that reveal his strong spiritual inclination, and sharp awareness of social problems. Among his collections are, Nirjharini(The Stream), Palli Chitra (The picture of countryside), Basanta-Kokila, Tarangini, Charuchitra, Nirmalya, Prabhata Sangeeta, Sandhya Sangita, Krushna Kumari and Sarmishtha. Nanda Kishore Bal wrote about a hundred sonnets which are scattered throughout his collections. His sonnets deal with both nature and personal suffering, and reveal high poetic sensibility. These sonnets are known for their restrained thoughts and versification. Kanakalata by Nanda Kishore is a novel published in 1925. A substantial part of this novel was actually published in serialized form in Utkal Sahitya in 1913. The plot of the novel is an indictment of the evils of dowry system in rural aristocratic society, and the predicament of the child-widows, who were condemned into a life of anguish and suffering.","slug":"nanda-kishore-bal","DOB":"1875-12-22","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/nanda-kishore-bal","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:37:40.340468","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13}],"description":"

The Great Poets and Writers in Indian and World History!

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