{"count":17752,"next":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=722","previous":"http://admin.kavishala.in/sootradhar/authors/?format=json&page=720","results":[{"id":27577,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Saroj_Bal.jpg","name":"Saroj Bal","bio":"Saroj Bal (born 2 February 1976) is a Odia language poet from India. He is also a translator and editor of several literary journals. Saroj Bal was born on 2 February 1976 at village Arjunbindha in Bhadrak district of Odisha, India. He completed his post graduate education in Odia literature from Utkal University. He has pursued creative writing as his career, besides working as a digital designer, musician, journalist and literary activist. He is also a publisher with his own publication house \"Time Pass\". He has designed several books as a graphic illustrator. Saroj Bal has written fourteen poetry books, four collections of short stories and one novel. he has edited several literary journals including \"Saamanaa\", \"Sindoor\" and \"Rebati\". His poems have been widely translated into English language. He regularly performs his poetry at national literary festivals. In 2022 Saroj Bal's Odia poems translated by Snehaprava Das won Jibanananda Das Award for poetry. His poems on inclusivity and togetherness graced the Kolkata Poetry Confluence.
This article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it. This article about a translator from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","raw_bio":"Saroj Bal (born 2 February 1976) is a Odia language poet from India. He is also a translator and editor of several literary journals. Saroj Bal was born on 2 February 1976 at village Arjunbindha in Bhadrak district of Odisha, India. He completed his post graduate education in Odia literature from Utkal University. He has pursued creative writing as his career, besides working as a digital designer, musician, journalist and literary activist. He is also a publisher with his own publication house \"Time Pass\". He has designed several books as a graphic illustrator. Saroj Bal has written fourteen poetry books, four collections of short stories and one novel. he has edited several literary journals including \"Saamanaa\", \"Sindoor\" and \"Rebati\". His poems have been widely translated into English language. He regularly performs his poetry at national literary festivals. In 2022 Saroj Bal's Odia poems translated by Snehaprava Das won Jibanananda Das Award for poetry. His poems on inclusivity and togetherness graced the Kolkata Poetry Confluence. This article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it. This article about a translator from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","slug":"saroj-bal","DOB":"1976-02-02","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/saroj-bal","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:41:44.960233","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27578,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Dash_Benhur.jpg","name":"Dash Benhur","bio":" Jitendra Narayan Dash (birth 3 August 1953), who writes under the pseudonym of Dash Benhur is a Sahitya Akademi award winner writer from Odisha. He was born in Khandapada in Nayagarh district, Odisha.\r\nHe retired as the Principal of Samanta Chandra Sekhara College, Puri. He is a founder member of Aama Odisha. He is the author of more than 100 books, including 15 collections of short-stories.","raw_bio":"Jitendra Narayan Dash (birth 3 August 1953), who writes under the pseudonym of Dash Benhur is a Sahitya Akademi award winner writer from Odisha. He was born in Khandapada in Nayagarh district, Odisha.\r He retired as the Principal of Samanta Chandra Sekhara College, Puri. He is a founder member of Aama Odisha. He is the author of more than 100 books, including 15 collections of short-stories.","slug":"dash-benhur","DOB":"1953-08-03","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/dash-benhur","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:41:56.786435","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27579,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ramesh Chandra Bhanja","bio":" Ramesh Chandra Bhanja (17 April 1940 – 18 March 2015) was a writer, teacher, educationist, linguist, historian, editor and dramatist from Odisha. He has written many short-stories & poetry collections for children of all age groups. For his book Gapa Ganthili (short story compilation), he received the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award. Ramesh Chandra Bhanja was born in a Kshatriya family in Garh Haladia village in Khordha district (erstwhile Puri district). He belongs to the lineage of Bhanj dynasty who were erstwhile rulers of Ghumusara (Ganjam district), Kendujhar (Keonjhar district) and Baripada (Mayurbhanj district). Kavi Samrat Upendra Bhanja is also his ancestor. His own family consists of his wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Bhanja's early education (primary schooling) started in his native village Garh Haladia. After the Middle English (ମାଇନର୍) level, he left for Banki (in Cuttack district) for his high school education. After high school, he moved to Cuttack for college education. There too he started his early professional career.
This article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","raw_bio":"Ramesh Chandra Bhanja (17 April 1940 – 18 March 2015) was a writer, teacher, educationist, linguist, historian, editor and dramatist from Odisha. He has written many short-stories & poetry collections for children of all age groups. For his book Gapa Ganthili (short story compilation), he received the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award. Ramesh Chandra Bhanja was born in a Kshatriya family in Garh Haladia village in Khordha district (erstwhile Puri district). He belongs to the lineage of Bhanj dynasty who were erstwhile rulers of Ghumusara (Ganjam district), Kendujhar (Keonjhar district) and Baripada (Mayurbhanj district). Kavi Samrat Upendra Bhanja is also his ancestor. His own family consists of his wife, 3 sons and 2 daughters. Bhanja's early education (primary schooling) started in his native village Garh Haladia. After the Middle English (ମାଇନର୍) level, he left for Banki (in Cuttack district) for his high school education. After high school, he moved to Cuttack for college education. There too he started his early professional career. This article about a poet from India is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","slug":"ramesh-chandra-bhanja","DOB":"1940-04-17","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/ramesh-chandra-bhanja","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:42:08.286737","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27580,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Birendra_Kumar_Bhuyan.jpg","name":"Birendra Kumar Bhuyan","bio":" Birendra Kumar Bhuyan (25 July 1933 - 19 June 1991) was an Indian writer, poet and lyricist in the Odia literature. Birendra has contributed to Odia literature by writing several national award-winning books and songs in Odisha.[] Birendra Kumar Bhuyan was born on 25-July-1933 to Balaram Bhuyan and Sulochana Devi in Nilapada, a small village on the bank of the Birupa, a tributary of the river of Mahanadi in that time Jajpur a sub-division in the district of Cuttack. He started writing from 1951. His main area of focus was children's literature. He had written many Odia songs out of which in 1965 \"Eka K eKa\", \"Joutuka Deiparibini\", Jataka Padichhi Raja Jataka\",\"Kalasha Upare Amba Dalia Gori Kanyaku Bara Kalia\"which were sung by many famous singers of Odisha like Akshaya Mohanty, Bhikari Bal, and Mohammed Sikander Alam.[]Many of his compositions had already been broadcast from Akashvani Cuttack. He was also a lyricist in All India Radio, Cuttack.[].His book \"Lakhmi Nandan\" for neo literates was awarded with the 27th National Award by Human Resource Development Department of Government of India. For his contributions towards Odia Children Literature, he was awarded Mina Bazar Award by Prajatantra Prachar Samiti founded by Dr.Harekrushna Mahatab. His first posting was in Talcher where he worked in Adult Education department of Govt.Of India. He couldn't complete his service and died just before his retirement from service on 19-June-1991 at the age of 57 years. He was married to Shubhashini Bhuyan in 1956. He has two sons, Subhendra and Satyendra and three daughters, Jayasri, Gitisri and Padmasri. His Aunt Sushila Devi popularly known as Singha Jhia Sushila (Daughter of Leo) was a freedom fighter during the Indian independence movement and was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.","raw_bio":"Birendra Kumar Bhuyan (25 July 1933 - 19 June 1991) was an Indian writer, poet and lyricist in the Odia literature. Birendra has contributed to Odia literature by writing several national award-winning books and songs in Odisha.[] Birendra Kumar Bhuyan was born on 25-July-1933 to Balaram Bhuyan and Sulochana Devi in Nilapada, a small village on the bank of the Birupa, a tributary of the river of Mahanadi in that time Jajpur a sub-division in the district of Cuttack. He started writing from 1951. His main area of focus was children's literature. He had written many Odia songs out of which in 1965 \"Eka K eKa\", \"Joutuka Deiparibini\", Jataka Padichhi Raja Jataka\",\"Kalasha Upare Amba Dalia Gori Kanyaku Bara Kalia\"which were sung by many famous singers of Odisha like Akshaya Mohanty, Bhikari Bal, and Mohammed Sikander Alam.[]Many of his compositions had already been broadcast from Akashvani Cuttack. He was also a lyricist in All India Radio, Cuttack.[].His book \"Lakhmi Nandan\" for neo literates was awarded with the 27th National Award by Human Resource Development Department of Government of India. For his contributions towards Odia Children Literature, he was awarded Mina Bazar Award by Prajatantra Prachar Samiti founded by Dr.Harekrushna Mahatab. His first posting was in Talcher where he worked in Adult Education department of Govt.Of India. He couldn't complete his service and died just before his retirement from service on 19-June-1991 at the age of 57 years. He was married to Shubhashini Bhuyan in 1956. He has two sons, Subhendra and Satyendra and three daughters, Jayasri, Gitisri and Padmasri. His Aunt Sushila Devi popularly known as Singha Jhia Sushila (Daughter of Leo) was a freedom fighter during the Indian independence movement and was a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.","slug":"birendra-kumar-bhuyan","DOB":"1933-07-25","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/birendra-kumar-bhuyan","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:44:40.634727","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27581,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/kavishala_logo.png","name":"Ratnakar Chaini","bio":" Ratnakar Chaini (25 Aug 1945 – 18 April 2020) was an Indian writer and academician. He was known for his works in Odia. Born in Cuttack, he served as the president of \"Sanskar Bharti\", and as president of the Utkal Sahitya Samaj in 2010. Some of his notable writings are Santha Kabi Achyutananda, Niraba Kolahala, Kabi Gopalkrushna, Asha brundabana, Achyatananda gitabali, Ajira galpa, Surjyastra upabana, and Kaha Lalita. Chaini completed his matriculation from Nemal High School. Then went to do his graduation from Christ College Cuttack. He completed his post-graduation in Ravenshaw College and PhD from Utkal University in 1978. In 1979 started his job as a lecturer and taught in various Government colleges of Odisha to finally retire as the Hod from Sailabala Women's College, Cuttack .","raw_bio":"Ratnakar Chaini (25 Aug 1945 – 18 April 2020) was an Indian writer and academician. He was known for his works in Odia. Born in Cuttack, he served as the president of \"Sanskar Bharti\", and as president of the Utkal Sahitya Samaj in 2010. Some of his notable writings are Santha Kabi Achyutananda, Niraba Kolahala, Kabi Gopalkrushna, Asha brundabana, Achyatananda gitabali, Ajira galpa, Surjyastra upabana, and Kaha Lalita. Chaini completed his matriculation from Nemal High School. Then went to do his graduation from Christ College Cuttack. He completed his post-graduation in Ravenshaw College and PhD from Utkal University in 1978. In 1979 started his job as a lecturer and taught in various Government colleges of Odisha to finally retire as the Hod from Sailabala Women's College, Cuttack .","slug":"ratnakar-chaini","DOB":"1945-08-25","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/ratnakar-chaini","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:44:45.441254","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27582,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Mrinal_Chatterjee.jpg","name":"Mrinal Chatterjee","bio":" Mrinal Chatterjee (born 10 February 1961)\r\nis an Indian academic and author. He heads the Indian Institute of Dhenkanal. He has authored five academic books on media studies in Odia, including History of Journalism in Odisha and Glossary of Terms for Media Persons. His has authored ten novels and seven short story collections in Odia, including Jagate Thiba Jate Dina published (2010), Kandhei (2013), Eka Sundar Chandini Ratire (2016), Yamraj Chutire (2015), Yamraj Number 5003 (2016), which is translated into Assamese, and a series of columns in Odia He started his career as a lecturer in English in 1983, joined Sambad, an Odia daily in 1984 as sub-editor and became Edition-in-Charge of Sambad's North Odisha edition in December 1996. As a Journalist, Chatterjee has written extensively on Environment. He has been awarded the K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowship(1996) and Journalist Fellowship by Centre for Science and Environment(1991 and 1992). He joined Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanl as associate professor in February 1999. He became Professor and head of the Eastern India campus of IIMC located in Dhenkanal, Odisha in June 2008. He has also extensively worked in radio and television. He worked in AIR and Doordarshan in several capacities- as Announcer and Newsreader for over 7 years, besides doing various programs. He has written the story and screenplay of many successful tele-serials and anchored many radio and television programs. Non-Fiction: Fiction : Translation : Radio Plays and Serials: Tele Serials:","raw_bio":"Mrinal Chatterjee (born 10 February 1961)\r is an Indian academic and author. He heads the Indian Institute of Dhenkanal. He has authored five academic books on media studies in Odia, including History of Journalism in Odisha and Glossary of Terms for Media Persons. His has authored ten novels and seven short story collections in Odia, including Jagate Thiba Jate Dina published (2010), Kandhei (2013), Eka Sundar Chandini Ratire (2016), Yamraj Chutire (2015), Yamraj Number 5003 (2016), which is translated into Assamese, and a series of columns in Odia He started his career as a lecturer in English in 1983, joined Sambad, an Odia daily in 1984 as sub-editor and became Edition-in-Charge of Sambad's North Odisha edition in December 1996. As a Journalist, Chatterjee has written extensively on Environment. He has been awarded the K.K. Birla Foundation Fellowship(1996) and Journalist Fellowship by Centre for Science and Environment(1991 and 1992). He joined Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Dhenkanl as associate professor in February 1999. He became Professor and head of the Eastern India campus of IIMC located in Dhenkanal, Odisha in June 2008. He has also extensively worked in radio and television. He worked in AIR and Doordarshan in several capacities- as Announcer and Newsreader for over 7 years, besides doing various programs. He has written the story and screenplay of many successful tele-serials and anchored many radio and television programs. Non-Fiction: Fiction : Translation : Radio Plays and Serials: Tele Serials:","slug":"mrinal-chatterjee","DOB":"1961-02-10","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/mrinal-chatterjee","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:44:50.450936","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27583,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Ramadevi_Choudhury.jpg","name":"Ramadevi Choudhury","bio":" Ramadevi Choudhury (3 December 1899 – 22 July 1985), also known as Rama Devi, was an Indian freedom fighter and a social reformer. She was called Maa (Mother) by the people of Odisha. The Ramadevi Women's University in Bhubaneswar has been named after her. She was the daughter of Gopala Ballabha Das and Basant Kumari Devi and the niece of Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das. At the age of 15, she married Gopabandhu Choudhury, then a Deputy Collector. Together with her husband, she joined the Indian independence movement in 1921. She was highly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and took an active part in Non Cooperation Movement. She used to go from village to village to encourage women to join the independence movement. Others who influenced her were Jai Prakash Narayan, Vinoba Bhave and her uncle, Madhusudan Das. In 1921, she had her first meeting with Gandhiji and, together with her husband, joined the Non Cooperation Movement. The same year they joined the Indian National Congress and started wearing khadi. In 1930, she took active part in the Salt Satyagraha movement at Orissa level. She went to Inchudi and Srijang, with other activist like Kiranbala Sen, Maltidevi, Sarala Devi, Pranakrushna Padhiari. She and her colleagues were arrested in November 1930 and placed in different jails by the British. She was arrested several times (in 1921, 1930, 1936, 1942) with other women independence activists like Sarala Devi, Malati Choudhury and others and was sent to jail. She attended the 1931 Karachi session of the Indian National Congress and, at that time, requested leaders to hold the next session in Orissa. In 1932 after her release from Hazaribagh jail, she was actively involved in Harijan welfare. She stated the Asprushyata Nibarana Samiti under instructions from Gandhiji, for the eradication of untouchability. The institution was later renamed the Harijan Sewa Sangha. She was closely involved in Gandhiji's 1932 and 1934 visits to Orissa as well as the visits of, Kasturba, Sardar Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru and others. She started an Ashram at Bari, Orissa which Gandhiji named Sewaghar. During the Quit India Movement of 1942, members of Rama Devi's entire family, including her husband, Gopabandhu Choudhury, were arrested. After the death of Kasturba Gandhi, Gandhji assigned her work as the representative of the Orissa chapter of the Kasturba Trust. After the Independence of India in 1947, Rama Devi dedicated herself to the cause of Bhoodan and Gramdan movement of Acharya Vinoba Bhave. In 1952 she along with her husband she travelled on foot about 4000 kilometres across the state to propagate the message of giving land and wealth to the landless and poor. From 1928, Rama Devi stayed in the Alaka Ashram at Jagatsingpur. She helped set up the Utkal Khadi Mandal and also established a Teachers' Training Centre and Balwadi at Ramchandrapur. In 1950 she set up a Tribal Welfare Centre at Dumburugeda. During the 1951 famine she and Malati worked in famine relief in Koraput. She worked to aid soldiers affected by the Indo-Chinese War of 1962. During the Emergency she protested by bringing out her own newspaper along with Harekrushna Mahatab and Nilamani Routray. The Gram Sevak Press, was banned by the government and was arrested along with other leaders from Orissa like Nabakrushna Choudhuri, Harekrushna Mahatab, Manmohan Chowdhury, Smt. Annapurna Moharana, Jaykrushana Mohanty, and others. She established a primary school, Shishu Vihar and a cancer hospital at Cuttack. In recognition of her services to the nation, Ramadevi was awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj Award on 4 November 1981 and the Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris causa) by Utkal University on 16 April 1984. Rama Devi Women's University at Bhubaneshwar is named in her memory. It is the first women's university in eastern India, established as such since 2015. There is a museum dedicated to her within the university premises. The school – Shishu Vihar – started by her at Cuttack is now named Ramadevi Shishu Vihar. She died on 22 July 1985 at the age of 85. ","raw_bio":"Ramadevi Choudhury (3 December 1899 – 22 July 1985), also known as Rama Devi, was an Indian freedom fighter and a social reformer. She was called Maa (Mother) by the people of Odisha. The Ramadevi Women's University in Bhubaneswar has been named after her. She was the daughter of Gopala Ballabha Das and Basant Kumari Devi and the niece of Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das. At the age of 15, she married Gopabandhu Choudhury, then a Deputy Collector. Together with her husband, she joined the Indian independence movement in 1921. She was highly influenced by Mahatma Gandhi and took an active part in Non Cooperation Movement. She used to go from village to village to encourage women to join the independence movement. Others who influenced her were Jai Prakash Narayan, Vinoba Bhave and her uncle, Madhusudan Das. In 1921, she had her first meeting with Gandhiji and, together with her husband, joined the Non Cooperation Movement. The same year they joined the Indian National Congress and started wearing khadi. In 1930, she took active part in the Salt Satyagraha movement at Orissa level. She went to Inchudi and Srijang, with other activist like Kiranbala Sen, Maltidevi, Sarala Devi, Pranakrushna Padhiari. She and her colleagues were arrested in November 1930 and placed in different jails by the British. She was arrested several times (in 1921, 1930, 1936, 1942) with other women independence activists like Sarala Devi, Malati Choudhury and others and was sent to jail. She attended the 1931 Karachi session of the Indian National Congress and, at that time, requested leaders to hold the next session in Orissa. In 1932 after her release from Hazaribagh jail, she was actively involved in Harijan welfare. She stated the Asprushyata Nibarana Samiti under instructions from Gandhiji, for the eradication of untouchability. The institution was later renamed the Harijan Sewa Sangha. She was closely involved in Gandhiji's 1932 and 1934 visits to Orissa as well as the visits of, Kasturba, Sardar Patel, Rajendra Prasad, Maulana Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru and others. She started an Ashram at Bari, Orissa which Gandhiji named Sewaghar. During the Quit India Movement of 1942, members of Rama Devi's entire family, including her husband, Gopabandhu Choudhury, were arrested. After the death of Kasturba Gandhi, Gandhji assigned her work as the representative of the Orissa chapter of the Kasturba Trust. After the Independence of India in 1947, Rama Devi dedicated herself to the cause of Bhoodan and Gramdan movement of Acharya Vinoba Bhave. In 1952 she along with her husband she travelled on foot about 4000 kilometres across the state to propagate the message of giving land and wealth to the landless and poor. From 1928, Rama Devi stayed in the Alaka Ashram at Jagatsingpur. She helped set up the Utkal Khadi Mandal and also established a Teachers' Training Centre and Balwadi at Ramchandrapur. In 1950 she set up a Tribal Welfare Centre at Dumburugeda. During the 1951 famine she and Malati worked in famine relief in Koraput. She worked to aid soldiers affected by the Indo-Chinese War of 1962. During the Emergency she protested by bringing out her own newspaper along with Harekrushna Mahatab and Nilamani Routray. The Gram Sevak Press, was banned by the government and was arrested along with other leaders from Orissa like Nabakrushna Choudhuri, Harekrushna Mahatab, Manmohan Chowdhury, Smt. Annapurna Moharana, Jaykrushana Mohanty, and others. She established a primary school, Shishu Vihar and a cancer hospital at Cuttack. In recognition of her services to the nation, Ramadevi was awarded the Jamnalal Bajaj Award on 4 November 1981 and the Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris causa) by Utkal University on 16 April 1984. Rama Devi Women's University at Bhubaneshwar is named in her memory. It is the first women's university in eastern India, established as such since 2015. There is a museum dedicated to her within the university premises. The school – Shishu Vihar – started by her at Cuttack is now named Ramadevi Shishu Vihar. She died on 22 July 1985 at the age of 85.","slug":"ramadevi-choudhury","DOB":"1899-12-03","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/ramadevi-choudhury","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:44:54.143030","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27584,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Biswajit_Das_playwright.jpg","name":"Biswajit Das (playwright)","bio":"Biswajit Das, (18 August 1936 – 30 December 2004) was an Odia playwright, short story writer, film director and script writer. Das was born on 18 August 1936 at Jajpur, a sub-division of the Cuttack in Odisha and was the eldest of four siblings. His father, Subodh Das, a homeopathic doctor by profession, was also a freedom fighter, dramatist and actor, while his mother, Krushna Kamini Devi, was a freedom fighter. \r\nDuring his primary school days Das was profoundly influenced by the traditional open-air theatre form, \"jatra\", which he used to witness in his village. In 1946, Das was enrolled at the Peary Mohan Academy, Cuttack for his secondary education and thereafter did his graduation from the Ravenshaw College, Cuttack where his contemporaries included Sarat Pujari, Hemant Das and above all, Ananta Mahapatra, who would later on direct and act in several of his plays.\r\nAsim Basu, started an amateur dramatic troupe in 1967-68 called Roopakar Natya Group. Biswajit Das and Ananta Mahapatra joined the group and it was decided to offer something new to the audience other than just recreation or amusement. The group gave new thoughts and posed new questions to the intellectual elite that made the plays more vibrant and attractive. Das started his professional career in 1958 as Public Information Officer in the Information and Public Relations Department of the Government of Odisha. Das served as Public Relations Officer of four Chief Ministers and one Governor of Odisha, including Nandini Sathpathy, Biju Patnaik and Janaki Ballabh Patnaik. He retired from service in 1994 as Additional Director, Information and Public Relations Department. Biswajit Das was a powerful, experimental, contemporary Odia dramatist who authored many plays of great prominence. Post 1960 a new phase of modern Odia theatre was created by breaking the conventional style of professional theatre. The Naba Natya Andolan: (New Theater Movement) started with modern experimentation of plays inspired by Ibsen, Brecht, Freud, Bernard Shaw and Sartre. Das entered into the dramatics arena in the early fifties and was one of the pioneers of the New Theatre Movement. He started writing one-act plays in 1952. His first one act play was \"Gotte Drushya\" which was staged on the Janata Ranga Mancha. The play which portrayed an impoverished middle-class family's life struggle was directed by Ananta Mahapatra and both Das and Mahapatra acted in it. Biswajit Das wrote more than 60 one act plays which include Chhadmabeshi, Tandra, Dahini, Show, Banshi, Byartha Lagna, Trushna, Antara, Chief Guest, Probesh-Prasthan, Kitta, Suryastha, Shilpinka Anupasthitire and Swarga Martya. The success of his one-act plays led Das to write his first full-fledged play, Banhi (Fire) which was adjudged the best in a competition organized by the State Government on the eve of the centenary celebrations of India's First War of Independence in 1957. At that time he was a student at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. This encouraged him to write more. Nishipadma (Nocturnal Lotus) in 1967, Nalipana rani kalapana tika (Queen of Hearts and Ace of Spades) in 1968, and Nija pratinidhinka tharu (From Our Correspondent) in 1968, are some of his prominent plays. Though written in traditional style these were novel in presentation. In Nishipadma Das speaks about how difficult situations can bring adversaries together forcing them to shun their differences. Das' adaptation of Gogol's Inspector General in Pratapgarhe didin (Two Days in Pratapgarh) was produced on the platform of the \"Srujani\" Dramatics Organization in 1961-62 and received great appreciation as a powerful political satire. Suna Sujane (1971) was another highly acclaimed play. In 1970 Das produced Mrugaya (The Hunt). This was an experimental play of a different taste, analysing artistically the agony and helplessness of hypocritical human beings. Psychoanalysis of the modern mind gave this effort a touch of reality. Das opines that craving for happiness always ends in the agony of contemporary life. In this play he has shown how darkness is the essence of life and the ever-increasing gap between what we aspire for and what we achieve. Similarly, in Samrat (Emperor) in 1972, an adaptation of Albert Camus' Caligula, Das analyses the mental state of present-day man through the emperor's personality. Paapi and Brutte were adaptations of Bernard Shaw's Devil's Disciple and On the rock, respectively. Other prominent plays include Mahamaya Opera (1999), Om Sri Sri Prajapateya Namah, Mukha, Sei Ten Jon and Nua Janha. Das started a dramatics centre called \"Rupakar\" in Bhubaneswar in 1967. The first play staged by Rupakar was Das’ \"Nishipadma.\" Subsequently, his play \"Nija pratinidhinka tharu\" was also staged. Das wrote his play \"Nalipana rani kalapana tika\" for a competition organised by the Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy. Rupakar bagged four of the five awards given by the Academy – Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Dramatics Organisation – Rupakar and Best Director – Biswajit Das. In 1970 Rupakar was bifurcated into \"Sanket\" and \"Uttar Purusha\" with Das heading the former. Sanket's birth was heralded with the staging of Das’ most acclaimed play \"Mrugaya\" which he also directed. Unlike many of his contemporaries Das was not a prolific writer, but his body of work is remarkable for its qualitative excellence. His characters are three-dimensional. He brought logic and reality into his plays and during the 1970s, when professional Odia theatre had nearly closed down and audiences had turned their back on absurdist drama, he succeeded to some extent in bringing them back to the halls mainly through emotional dialogue. This is regarded as a major contribution of Biswajit Das. He also contributed lighting techniques to the Odia stage, which was underdeveloped for long. Biswajit Das was also an acclaimed film director. Some of his notable films are Priyatama (1978), Nijhum Ratir Sathi (1979) and Maana Abhimaan (1980). Other movies which he scripted include Ahalya, Kaberi, Naga Phasa and Gouri. Das won the Cine Critics award in 1987 and the State Government award for his contribution to Odia cinema. Das also wrote serials for Doordarshan. These included the popular \"Satya\" and Sadhu Sabhdan\". He also produced a documentary film on World Theater Day. Das wrote a weekly column called \"Bhinna Swar\" (Different Tunes) in the Sambad daily newspaper, which was subsequently compiled into a collection of short stories. Das married Gayatri in 1962. Gayatri was a noted educationist and was the principal of several Government schools. They had a son, Samanjasa, and four daughters, named Ananya, Ipsita, Shreyasee and Subarna. His wife predeceased him in 2002. Das died on 30 December 2004 at the age of 68. ","raw_bio":"Biswajit Das, (18 August 1936 – 30 December 2004) was an Odia playwright, short story writer, film director and script writer. Das was born on 18 August 1936 at Jajpur, a sub-division of the Cuttack in Odisha and was the eldest of four siblings. His father, Subodh Das, a homeopathic doctor by profession, was also a freedom fighter, dramatist and actor, while his mother, Krushna Kamini Devi, was a freedom fighter. \r During his primary school days Das was profoundly influenced by the traditional open-air theatre form, \"jatra\", which he used to witness in his village. In 1946, Das was enrolled at the Peary Mohan Academy, Cuttack for his secondary education and thereafter did his graduation from the Ravenshaw College, Cuttack where his contemporaries included Sarat Pujari, Hemant Das and above all, Ananta Mahapatra, who would later on direct and act in several of his plays.\r Asim Basu, started an amateur dramatic troupe in 1967-68 called Roopakar Natya Group. Biswajit Das and Ananta Mahapatra joined the group and it was decided to offer something new to the audience other than just recreation or amusement. The group gave new thoughts and posed new questions to the intellectual elite that made the plays more vibrant and attractive. Das started his professional career in 1958 as Public Information Officer in the Information and Public Relations Department of the Government of Odisha. Das served as Public Relations Officer of four Chief Ministers and one Governor of Odisha, including Nandini Sathpathy, Biju Patnaik and Janaki Ballabh Patnaik. He retired from service in 1994 as Additional Director, Information and Public Relations Department. Biswajit Das was a powerful, experimental, contemporary Odia dramatist who authored many plays of great prominence. Post 1960 a new phase of modern Odia theatre was created by breaking the conventional style of professional theatre. The Naba Natya Andolan: (New Theater Movement) started with modern experimentation of plays inspired by Ibsen, Brecht, Freud, Bernard Shaw and Sartre. Das entered into the dramatics arena in the early fifties and was one of the pioneers of the New Theatre Movement. He started writing one-act plays in 1952. His first one act play was \"Gotte Drushya\" which was staged on the Janata Ranga Mancha. The play which portrayed an impoverished middle-class family's life struggle was directed by Ananta Mahapatra and both Das and Mahapatra acted in it. Biswajit Das wrote more than 60 one act plays which include Chhadmabeshi, Tandra, Dahini, Show, Banshi, Byartha Lagna, Trushna, Antara, Chief Guest, Probesh-Prasthan, Kitta, Suryastha, Shilpinka Anupasthitire and Swarga Martya. The success of his one-act plays led Das to write his first full-fledged play, Banhi (Fire) which was adjudged the best in a competition organized by the State Government on the eve of the centenary celebrations of India's First War of Independence in 1957. At that time he was a student at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. This encouraged him to write more. Nishipadma (Nocturnal Lotus) in 1967, Nalipana rani kalapana tika (Queen of Hearts and Ace of Spades) in 1968, and Nija pratinidhinka tharu (From Our Correspondent) in 1968, are some of his prominent plays. Though written in traditional style these were novel in presentation. In Nishipadma Das speaks about how difficult situations can bring adversaries together forcing them to shun their differences. Das' adaptation of Gogol's Inspector General in Pratapgarhe didin (Two Days in Pratapgarh) was produced on the platform of the \"Srujani\" Dramatics Organization in 1961-62 and received great appreciation as a powerful political satire. Suna Sujane (1971) was another highly acclaimed play. In 1970 Das produced Mrugaya (The Hunt). This was an experimental play of a different taste, analysing artistically the agony and helplessness of hypocritical human beings. Psychoanalysis of the modern mind gave this effort a touch of reality. Das opines that craving for happiness always ends in the agony of contemporary life. In this play he has shown how darkness is the essence of life and the ever-increasing gap between what we aspire for and what we achieve. Similarly, in Samrat (Emperor) in 1972, an adaptation of Albert Camus' Caligula, Das analyses the mental state of present-day man through the emperor's personality. Paapi and Brutte were adaptations of Bernard Shaw's Devil's Disciple and On the rock, respectively. Other prominent plays include Mahamaya Opera (1999), Om Sri Sri Prajapateya Namah, Mukha, Sei Ten Jon and Nua Janha. Das started a dramatics centre called \"Rupakar\" in Bhubaneswar in 1967. The first play staged by Rupakar was Das’ \"Nishipadma.\" Subsequently, his play \"Nija pratinidhinka tharu\" was also staged. Das wrote his play \"Nalipana rani kalapana tika\" for a competition organised by the Odisha Sangeet Natak Academy. Rupakar bagged four of the five awards given by the Academy – Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Dramatics Organisation – Rupakar and Best Director – Biswajit Das. In 1970 Rupakar was bifurcated into \"Sanket\" and \"Uttar Purusha\" with Das heading the former. Sanket's birth was heralded with the staging of Das’ most acclaimed play \"Mrugaya\" which he also directed. Unlike many of his contemporaries Das was not a prolific writer, but his body of work is remarkable for its qualitative excellence. His characters are three-dimensional. He brought logic and reality into his plays and during the 1970s, when professional Odia theatre had nearly closed down and audiences had turned their back on absurdist drama, he succeeded to some extent in bringing them back to the halls mainly through emotional dialogue. This is regarded as a major contribution of Biswajit Das. He also contributed lighting techniques to the Odia stage, which was underdeveloped for long. Biswajit Das was also an acclaimed film director. Some of his notable films are Priyatama (1978), Nijhum Ratir Sathi (1979) and Maana Abhimaan (1980). Other movies which he scripted include Ahalya, Kaberi, Naga Phasa and Gouri. Das won the Cine Critics award in 1987 and the State Government award for his contribution to Odia cinema. Das also wrote serials for Doordarshan. These included the popular \"Satya\" and Sadhu Sabhdan\". He also produced a documentary film on World Theater Day. Das wrote a weekly column called \"Bhinna Swar\" (Different Tunes) in the Sambad daily newspaper, which was subsequently compiled into a collection of short stories. Das married Gayatri in 1962. Gayatri was a noted educationist and was the principal of several Government schools. They had a son, Samanjasa, and four daughters, named Ananya, Ipsita, Shreyasee and Subarna. His wife predeceased him in 2002. Das died on 30 December 2004 at the age of 68.","slug":"biswajit-das-playwright","DOB":"1936-08-18","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/biswajit-das-playwright","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:44:57.899123","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27585,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Gopala_Ballabha_Das.jpg","name":"Gopala Ballabha Das","bio":"Gopala Ballabha Das (23 December 1860 – 1914) was an Indian Odia language writer and deputy magistrate, assistant of Odisha commissioner during the British rule in India. He wrote novels, poems, and translated books. His novel, Bhimabhuyan was the first tribal novel. Das was born on 23 December 1860 at Satyabhamapur, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Cuttack during the Company rule in India in a Zamindari Karana family. in a Zamindari Karana family. His father was Choudhury Raghunath Das and his mother, Parbati Debi. He is the younger brother of Utkalagouraba Madhusudan Das. He was married to Basanta Kumari Devi. His daughter Ramadevi Choudhury was an Indian freedom fighter and a social reformer. Das had completed his M.A. from Kolkata University. He had joined British India as a deputy magistrate. Later he became the assistant of the commissioner of Odisha in British Govt. and then became the superintendent of all Gadajata states in Odisha.","raw_bio":"Gopala Ballabha Das (23 December 1860 – 1914) was an Indian Odia language writer and deputy magistrate, assistant of Odisha commissioner during the British rule in India. He wrote novels, poems, and translated books. His novel, Bhimabhuyan was the first tribal novel. Das was born on 23 December 1860 at Satyabhamapur, 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Cuttack during the Company rule in India in a Zamindari Karana family. in a Zamindari Karana family. His father was Choudhury Raghunath Das and his mother, Parbati Debi. He is the younger brother of Utkalagouraba Madhusudan Das. He was married to Basanta Kumari Devi. His daughter Ramadevi Choudhury was an Indian freedom fighter and a social reformer. Das had completed his M.A. from Kolkata University. He had joined British India as a deputy magistrate. Later he became the assistant of the commissioner of Odisha in British Govt. and then became the superintendent of all Gadajata states in Odisha.","slug":"gopala-ballabha-das","DOB":"1860-12-23","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/gopala-ballabha-das","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:45:02.077358","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27586,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Gourahari_Das.jpg","name":"Gourahari Das","bio":" Gourahari Das is a creative writer, journalist and an academician. Born in 1960, in a back of the beyond village in the district of Bhadrak (formerly a part of Balasore) of state Odisha in India, Gourahari grew up with keen eyes of observation and sensibility which shaped his creative being. He had a very difficult childhood and had to struggle hard to get education. He had to leave his home at the age of eight and live in a monastery. A scholarship helped him to further his school education. After his school education, he came to Cuttack and took up variety of works to support his studies. He worked during dayhours and studied in evening colleges. He completed BA from Ravenshaw Evening College Cuttack. Subsequently, he did his master's degree in Odia language and literature from Utkal University. Later he studied MJMC and was awarded a gold medal. He holds a Ph.D. from Utkal University too. A recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, India Gourahari is a creative writer, editor and columnist. His first book “ Juara Bhatta” which is a collection of short stories, was published in 1981 when he was still pursuing his studies in Ravenshaw Evening College. Besides writing fictions he also writes regular columns in newspaper SAMBAD which are very popular. He is also the recipient of prestigious Koraput Literary Award 2019, from Odia Media Private Limited, the organiser of Koraput Literary Festival. He joined in SAMBAD (the largest Daily of Odisha) in 1985 as a trainee sub-editor and rose up to become an editor of this Media House. His long association with Sambad Group gave him an opportunity to explore his multi-faceted talent. He started writing his popular columns “Jibanara Jalachhabi” ( Vignetts of Life) and “ Rajadhani Rajaniti” ( Power Politics of the Capital) in this newspaper which brought him prominence. While the first one is a creative commentary on human life the later is a political satire. Later he became the editor of KATHA (the fiction monthly of Sambad Group). He is also the principal of Sambad School of Media and Culture, a pioneer media institute affiliated to Utkal University of Culture since 2007. Gourahari started writing short stories from very early age. In fact his first short story \"Kshinaloka\" was published in the magazine 'Kalyani' when he was only 15 years old. Soon he took up writing seriously and to date he has more than 51 books to his credit. These include novels, short stories, essays, plays, poems, translations and vignettes. He has also written travelogues on US, Sweden and China. As a journalist he has devoted much of his energy in eradicating superstition such as witchcraft and animal sacrifice. His comments on certain practices at Sri Jagannath temple at Puri and other places of worship have put him in the bracket of journalists with conviction. His column \"Odisha Diary\" which appears in special occasions is a popular one in Odisha. He is associated with Sahitya Akademi (India's highest body of letters) since 2008- first as a member of Odia advisory board and then a member of executive board and general council. He is associated with a number of socio-cultural organizations of Odisha which work for betterment of human life and building better society. He is the president of Shatabdira Kalajkar, a leading theatre group of Odisha and advisor of Trishakti Mahila Samiti, a prominent women's organization. Besides he is a member of Utkal Sahitya Samaj, the oldest cultural body of Odisha. He was a member of Regional Film Censor Board from 2012 to 2015. He has traveled different countries and participated in cultural exchange programmes. He visited the United States in 1996 and again in 2000 to deliver speeches at Annual Conference of OSA. (Odisha Society of Americas) in Washington, D.C., and Nashvalley. He had been to China in 2002 as a Member of Indian Writers Delegation and participated in Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany in 2014. He has visited Sweden, UK, Netherland, France, Czech, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Austria. Many of his stories has been adapted as TV films directed by Nirad Mahapatra, Basant Sahu, Dhira Mallik, Nandalal Mahapatra and telecast on DD, ETV and other TV channels. His stories such as \"Asami\", \"Maya\", \"Shikuli\" have been made into stage plays and directed by Dhira Mallik, Pabitra Mohanty, Darpa Sethi and Ajit Dash. Inspired from his short story, Bapa a movie Pratikshya has been made. (during the annual Koraput Literary Festival organised by Odia Media Private Limited) US, Sweden, China, Germany, UK, Netherland, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Vatican City, Switzerland Short stories of Gourahari show deep insight into human nature and the resilience of the human spirit. –Ruskin Bond Gourahari Das sensitively chronicles the lives of the characters, and deftly probes their motives as they face life's exigencies, deal with moral dilemmas, experience crises of survival, or simply try to cope with the complicated business of living. – Jatin Nayak","raw_bio":"Gourahari Das is a creative writer, journalist and an academician. Born in 1960, in a back of the beyond village in the district of Bhadrak (formerly a part of Balasore) of state Odisha in India, Gourahari grew up with keen eyes of observation and sensibility which shaped his creative being. He had a very difficult childhood and had to struggle hard to get education. He had to leave his home at the age of eight and live in a monastery. A scholarship helped him to further his school education. After his school education, he came to Cuttack and took up variety of works to support his studies. He worked during dayhours and studied in evening colleges. He completed BA from Ravenshaw Evening College Cuttack. Subsequently, he did his master's degree in Odia language and literature from Utkal University. Later he studied MJMC and was awarded a gold medal. He holds a Ph.D. from Utkal University too. A recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, India Gourahari is a creative writer, editor and columnist. His first book “ Juara Bhatta” which is a collection of short stories, was published in 1981 when he was still pursuing his studies in Ravenshaw Evening College. Besides writing fictions he also writes regular columns in newspaper SAMBAD which are very popular. He is also the recipient of prestigious Koraput Literary Award 2019, from Odia Media Private Limited, the organiser of Koraput Literary Festival. He joined in SAMBAD (the largest Daily of Odisha) in 1985 as a trainee sub-editor and rose up to become an editor of this Media House. His long association with Sambad Group gave him an opportunity to explore his multi-faceted talent. He started writing his popular columns “Jibanara Jalachhabi” ( Vignetts of Life) and “ Rajadhani Rajaniti” ( Power Politics of the Capital) in this newspaper which brought him prominence. While the first one is a creative commentary on human life the later is a political satire. Later he became the editor of KATHA (the fiction monthly of Sambad Group). He is also the principal of Sambad School of Media and Culture, a pioneer media institute affiliated to Utkal University of Culture since 2007. Gourahari started writing short stories from very early age. In fact his first short story \"Kshinaloka\" was published in the magazine 'Kalyani' when he was only 15 years old. Soon he took up writing seriously and to date he has more than 51 books to his credit. These include novels, short stories, essays, plays, poems, translations and vignettes. He has also written travelogues on US, Sweden and China. As a journalist he has devoted much of his energy in eradicating superstition such as witchcraft and animal sacrifice. His comments on certain practices at Sri Jagannath temple at Puri and other places of worship have put him in the bracket of journalists with conviction. His column \"Odisha Diary\" which appears in special occasions is a popular one in Odisha. He is associated with Sahitya Akademi (India's highest body of letters) since 2008- first as a member of Odia advisory board and then a member of executive board and general council. He is associated with a number of socio-cultural organizations of Odisha which work for betterment of human life and building better society. He is the president of Shatabdira Kalajkar, a leading theatre group of Odisha and advisor of Trishakti Mahila Samiti, a prominent women's organization. Besides he is a member of Utkal Sahitya Samaj, the oldest cultural body of Odisha. He was a member of Regional Film Censor Board from 2012 to 2015. He has traveled different countries and participated in cultural exchange programmes. He visited the United States in 1996 and again in 2000 to deliver speeches at Annual Conference of OSA. (Odisha Society of Americas) in Washington, D.C., and Nashvalley. He had been to China in 2002 as a Member of Indian Writers Delegation and participated in Frankfurt Book Fair, Germany in 2014. He has visited Sweden, UK, Netherland, France, Czech, Slovakia, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium and Austria. Many of his stories has been adapted as TV films directed by Nirad Mahapatra, Basant Sahu, Dhira Mallik, Nandalal Mahapatra and telecast on DD, ETV and other TV channels. His stories such as \"Asami\", \"Maya\", \"Shikuli\" have been made into stage plays and directed by Dhira Mallik, Pabitra Mohanty, Darpa Sethi and Ajit Dash. Inspired from his short story, Bapa a movie Pratikshya has been made. (during the annual Koraput Literary Festival organised by Odia Media Private Limited) US, Sweden, China, Germany, UK, Netherland, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Italy, Vatican City, Switzerland Short stories of Gourahari show deep insight into human nature and the resilience of the human spirit. –Ruskin Bond Gourahari Das sensitively chronicles the lives of the characters, and deftly probes their motives as they face life's exigencies, deal with moral dilemmas, experience crises of survival, or simply try to cope with the complicated business of living. – Jatin Nayak","slug":"gourahari-das","DOB":"1960-10-09","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/gourahari-das","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:45:06.536085","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27587,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Haraprasad_Das.jpg","name":"Haraprasad Das","bio":" Haraprasad Das (born 15 January 1946), is an Odia language poet, essayist and columnist.\r\nDas, has twelve works of poetry, four of prose, three translations and one piece of fiction to his credit. Haraprasad, is a retired civil servant. He has served various UN bodies as an expert. He is a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including
This article about an Indian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","raw_bio":"Haraprasad Das (born 15 January 1946), is an Odia language poet, essayist and columnist.\r Das, has twelve works of poetry, four of prose, three translations and one piece of fiction to his credit. Haraprasad, is a retired civil servant. He has served various UN bodies as an expert. He is a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions including This article about an Indian writer or poet is a stub. You can help Kavishala by expanding it.","slug":"haraprasad-das","DOB":"1946-01-15","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/haraprasad-das","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:45:09.593547","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13},{"id":27588,"image":"https://kavishalalab.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/sootradhar_author/Kishori_Charan_Das.jpg","name":"Kishori Charan Das","bio":" Kishori Charan Das (born 1924; died 17 August 2004), also known by his short name K.C. Das, was an eminent Indian writer and translator of the Odia and English language. Known for his master interpretation of choices, disillusionment, and insecurities of the Odia middle class. His stories showcases realities of everyday life and do not delve into preaching morals or convey messages. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his short story collection Thakura Ghara. He was also awarded with the Sarala Puraskar in1985 and Bishuva Puraskar in 1992. Das was born in 1924 in Cuttack, Odisha. He worked as Additional Deputy comptroller and Auditor General of India and Director of Audit, Indian Accounts, Washington D.C., 1961-1964. He died on 17 August 2004. Das published several collections of short stories, novels, essays, poems. He was one of the exponents of modernism in Odia literature. The characters of his fictions come from urban setting, with disrupted dreams, inner-conflict and existential anguish. Writing about the Odia society and the challenges of modern day life in post independence India where the middle class is aspirational and sometimes impatient. Although his stories begin on a simple note, they eventually reach their culmination in unexpected and surprising ways. He maintained that writing 'expresses a writer's relationship with various emotions' and 'no writing can belong to any class or community', but 'it belongs to the whole world'. He has also translated writings by other Oriya authors. He was awarded the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award in 1976, Sarala Puraskar in 1985 and Bishuva Puraskar in 1992. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his short story collection Thakura Ghara. The Kishori Charan Smruti Sansad was established in his honour which gives an award named Kishori Charan Das Sahitya Purashkar to an Odia writer annually since 2007.","raw_bio":"Kishori Charan Das (born 1924; died 17 August 2004), also known by his short name K.C. Das, was an eminent Indian writer and translator of the Odia and English language. Known for his master interpretation of choices, disillusionment, and insecurities of the Odia middle class. His stories showcases realities of everyday life and do not delve into preaching morals or convey messages. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his short story collection Thakura Ghara. He was also awarded with the Sarala Puraskar in1985 and Bishuva Puraskar in 1992. Das was born in 1924 in Cuttack, Odisha. He worked as Additional Deputy comptroller and Auditor General of India and Director of Audit, Indian Accounts, Washington D.C., 1961-1964. He died on 17 August 2004. Das published several collections of short stories, novels, essays, poems. He was one of the exponents of modernism in Odia literature. The characters of his fictions come from urban setting, with disrupted dreams, inner-conflict and existential anguish. Writing about the Odia society and the challenges of modern day life in post independence India where the middle class is aspirational and sometimes impatient. Although his stories begin on a simple note, they eventually reach their culmination in unexpected and surprising ways. He maintained that writing 'expresses a writer's relationship with various emotions' and 'no writing can belong to any class or community', but 'it belongs to the whole world'. He has also translated writings by other Oriya authors. He was awarded the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award in 1976, Sarala Puraskar in 1985 and Bishuva Puraskar in 1992. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his short story collection Thakura Ghara. The Kishori Charan Smruti Sansad was established in his honour which gives an award named Kishori Charan Das Sahitya Purashkar to an Odia writer annually since 2007.","slug":"kishori-charan-das","DOB":"1923-12-27","DateOfDemise":null,"location":"","url":"/sootradhar/kishori-charan-das","tags":null,"created":"2023-12-27T18:45:12.848635","is_has_special_post":false,"is_special_author":false,"language":13}],"description":"
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