MANOJ DAS

          MANOJ  DAS

                                                                       Birth-27.02.1934                               

                                         Birth Place---At/Po- Bhogarai, Distict- Baleswar

Manoj das was a greatest Odia writer, Essayist, Poet, Short Story, Drama, Autobiography, Travelogue, and Novel in both Odia and English Language.He Sahitya Akademi Award, the Padmashri and the Saraswati Samman. His Script has been publishing India’s dailies News paper like The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Statesman. His writings, revealing the deeper truth and the untraced aspects behind current issues, have been highly appreciated.

He has been an ashramite at Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry. Manoj Das is currently an English professor at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Pondicherry. He is presently concentrating on writing novels.

He is perhaps the foremost bilingual Oriya writer and a master of dramatic expression both in his English and Oriya short stories and novels. He says that, ‘characters follow the theme of a story and the words are merely added by author to represent the thoughts of the character’. That is the precise reason why Das’s characters in fiction are from so many varied backgrounds and display many different dimensions of human nature. He is a philosopher, a thinker-writer whose works can be defined as quest for finding the eternal truth in everyday circumstances.

Das has been compared to Vishnu Sarma, in modern Oriya literature for his magnificent style and efficient use of words and for the fact that, he is one of the best story-tellers in India at present times.

Awards-

Sahitya Akademi Award, 1972:

Orissa Sahitya Akademi Award, 1965 and 1982;

Sarala Award, 1981;

Vishuba Award, 1986;

Sahitya Bharati Award, 1995;

Saraswathi Samman, 2000;

Padma Shri, 2001.

                                                            HIS WORK

Novels-

 ‘Amruta Phala’ , 1996

 (Saraswathi Samman) ,

 ’Aakashra Isara’ , 1997,

 ’Tantralokara  Prahari’, 2000,

 ’Prabhanjana’ ,

 ‘Godhulira Bagha’ ,

 ‘Kanaka-Upatyaka ra Kahani’

 ‘Cyclones’

, 1987, ‘A Tiger at Twilight’, 1991,

 ‘The Escapist’ , 2001

Short Story-

‘Sesa Basantara Chithi’ , 1966,

 ‘Manoj Dasanka Katha O Kahani’ , 1971,

 ‘Dhumabha Diganta O Anyana Kahani’ , 1971,

‘The Crocodile’s Lady: A Collection of Stories’, 1975‘

 Manoj Pancha Binsati’, 1977,

‘The Submerged Valley and Other Stories’, 1986,

‘Cyclones’ , 1987

‘A Tiger at Twilight’, 1991,

‘Farewell to a Ghost: Short Stories and a Novelette’, 1994,

‘Legend of the Golden Valley’ , 1996

‘Samudra Kulara Ek Grama (Balya Smruti)’ , 1996,

‘Aaranyaka’ ,

‘Bhinna Manisha O Anyana Kahani’

‘Abupurusha O Anyana Kahani’ ,

‘Laxmi Ra Abhisar’ ,

‘Abolkara Kahani’ ,

‘Aranya Ullash’ ,

‘Chasing the Rainbow : growing up in an Indian village’ , 2004.

Travelogue-

Kete Diganta (Part – I);

Kete Diganta (Part – II);

Antaranga Bharat (Part – I) (My Little India);

Antaranga Bharat (Part – II);

Duradurantara;

Adura Bidesh – 2004.

Poetry-

Tuma Gaan O Anyanya Kabita, 1992.

Kabita Utkala.

History & Culture

Bharatara Aytihya: Sateka Prashnara Uttara,1999;

Manoj Das Pribesita Upakatha Satak (Tales Told by Mystics), 2002;

Mahakalara Prahelika O Anyana Jigyansa, 2006.

History & Culture-

‘Bharatara Aytihya: Sateka Prashnara Uttara’, 1999,

 ‘Manoj Das Paribesita Upakatha Satak’ (Tales Told by Mystics), 2002,

‘Mahakalara Prahelika O Anyana Jigyansa’, 2006