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writer from Odisha

Sitakant Mahapatra

b. 1937, born Cuttack district, writes in Odia, English, writer, poet, literary critic, translator

Sitakant Mahapatra is an Indian poet and literary critic in Odia as well as English. He served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1961 until he retired in 1995, and has since held ex officio posts such as Banking Ombudsman of Odisha and Chairman of National Book Trust, New Delhi etc.

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Books on record

On Open Library

Editions Open Library lists under this name; a namesake may slip in.

Awards

1993Jnanpith Award
1983Bisuba Award
1981Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award
1974Sahitya Akademi Award for Sabdar Akash

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Odia