Tapan Kumar Pradhan
b. 1972writer
poet and writer from Odisha
Jayanta Mahapatra
1928–2023, born Cuttack, writes in English, Odia, writer, poet, translator
Jayanta Mahapatra was an Indian poet. He is the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. He was the author of poems such as “Indian Summer” and “Hunger”, which are regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature. He was awarded a Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in India in 2009, but he returned the award in 2015 to protest against rising intolerance in India.
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Awards
| 2007 | Bisuba Award |
| 1981 | Sahitya Akademi Award in English for Relationship |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in English
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1924–2004Odia writer
Sitakant Mahapatra
b. 1937writer from Odisha
R. K. Narayan
1906–2001English-language writer (1906–2001)
Annada Shankar Ray
1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)
Amitav Ghosh
b. 1956writer