Nityananda Mahapatra
Nityananda Mahapatra | |
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Portrait of Nityananda Mahapatra | |
Member: Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
In office 1957–1971 | |
Preceded by | Mahamad Hanif |
Succeeded by | Harekrushna Mahatab |
Constituency | Bhadrak |
Personal details | |
Born | (1912-06-17)17 June 1912 Bhadrak, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India |
Died | 17 April 2012(2012-04-17) (aged 99) Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
Cause of death | Respiratory Failure |
Political party | Orissa Jana Congress |
Occupation | Writer, politician |
Awards | Sahitya Akademi Award,1987 |
Nityananda Mahapatra (17 June 1912 – 17 April 2012)[1] was an Indian Odia politician, poet and journalist.
Political career
He was imprisoned three times by the British Raj between 1930 and 1942 for nationalist activities.[2] He came to literary prominence as editor of the Odia magazine Dagara,[3] and as a short story writer after independence.[4] In his political career Mohapatra served as a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1971[5] and as state Minister of Supply and Cultural Affairs from 1967 to 1971.[6]
Death
He died on 17 April 2012 at around 9:45 am at Kharavelanagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from complications of respiratory failure. He had been in a coma at the Aditya Care Hospital following a breathing problem. He was three months short of his 100th birthday.[7]
Literary works
Mohapatra has translated the Ramavataram (also known as the Kamba Ramayanam), the Tamil version of the Ramayana, into Odia.[8]: 214 Other works that he translated into Odia include Ramana Maharshee and Swarajya Sanghitaa.[8]
Literary awards
Mahapatra received the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award in 1974[9] and the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987 for his novel Gharadiha.[10]
References
- ^ according to website of Odisha Legislative Assembly born on 17 June, but possibly born 17 June
- ^ "Profile of Shri Nityananda Mahapatra". Odisha Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Das, Sisir Kumar (1995). History of Indian Literature: .1911–1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. p. 702. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9.
- ^ Lal, Mohan (2006). The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, Volume 5. Sahitya Akademi. p. 4062. ISBN 978-81-260-1221-3.
- ^ "Membership of Shri Nityananda Mahapatra in Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Post Held of Shri Nityananda Mahapatra". Odisha Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ http://www.asianage.com/india/centenarian-litterateur-and-ex-odisha-minister-dead-680 [bare URL]
- ^ a b Panda, Aditya Kumar (2015). "Translation in Odia: A Historical Survey" (PDF). Translation Today. 9 (1). National Translation Mission: 202–226. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
- ^ "List of Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Books and their Writers". Odisha Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
- ^ "Recipients of Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for Oriya Literature" (PDF). Kendra Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 December 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
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- Sachidananda Routray (1962)
- Nilakantha Das (1964)
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- Godabarish Mohapatra (1966)
- Suryanarayan Das (1967)
- Surendra Mohanty (1969)
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- Manoranjan Das (1971)
- Manoj Das (1972)
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- Sitakanta Mohapatra (1974)
- Radha Mohan Gadanayak (1975)
- Kishori Charan Das (1976)
- Kalicharan Patnaik (1977)
- Ramakanta Rath (1978)
- Kunjabihari Das (1979)
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- Akhilmohan Patnaik (1981)
- Gopal Chhotray (1982)
- Harekrushna Mahatab (1983)
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- Soubhagya Kumar Misra (1986)
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- Satyanarayana Rajguru (1996)
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- Chittaranjan Das (1998)
- Haraprasad Das (1999)
- Pratibha Ray (2000)
- Pratibha Satpathy (2001)
- Sarat Kumar Mohanty (2002)
- Jatindra Mohan Mohanty (2003)
- Prafulla Kumar Mohanty (2004)
- Ramachandra Behera (2005)
- Bansidhar Sarangi (2006)
- Deepak Mishra (2007)
- Pramod Kumar Mohanty (2008)
- Phani Mohanty (2009)
- Pathani Pattnaik (2010)
- Kalpanakumari Devi (2011)
- Gourahari Das (2012)
- Bijay Mishra (2013)
- Gopal Rath (2014)
- Bibhuti Patnaik (2015)
- Paramita Satpathy (2016)
- Gayatri Saraf (2017)
- Dasarathi Das (2018)
- Tarun Kanti Mishra (2019)
- Yashodhara Mishra (2020)
- Hrushikesh Mallick (2021)
- Gayatribala Panda (2022)
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