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Odia writer

Mohapatra Nilamani Sahu

1926–2016, born Cuttack district, writes in Odia, English, writer, translator

Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo, 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.

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Books on record

Awards

1984Sahitya Akademi Award for Abhisapta Gandharba
1978Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Odia