https://www.odishashop.com - Kisoricharana Das was born in 1924,he is an outstanding representative of the generation of short story writers who came to dominate the Oriya literary scene after the sixties. He has distinguished himself by concentrating on a particular area of experience, the middle and the upper middle classes and also by bringing an introspective reflective element into the Oriya short story form.
The predominant theme of his stories is a search for meaning in life by the members of a comfortable middle class. His characters seek to go beyond the commonplaceness of everyday life based on habit, compro
https://www.odishashop.com - Kunjabehari Das born in 1914 is a poet and essayist who graduated from Ravenshaw College and
obtained his M.A. Degree both in odia and in Sanskrit from Calcutta University. He worked as Lecturer and Superintendent of Sanskrit studies in odisha, then joined as Reader in Odiya at Viswabharati, Shantiniketan. Again he came back to odisha and became Professor of odia in Ravenshaw College.
Kaidi (The Prisoner,1938) his first publication deals with the sacrifice of freedom fighters. Prabhati (The morning Songs, 1943)is a collection of sonnets in which he follows the metaphysical trend of Madhus
https://www.odishashop.com - Madhava Das was Vaishnava poet, most probably born in the first half of the sixteenth century in the Brahmagiri region of Puri district in odisha. He is also known as Madhava Ratha. Chaitanya came to odisha in 1599 and soon the foundation of odishan Vaishnavism was laid. Madhava Das, who was staying at Puri came into contact with the Vaishnava saint of the time. He wrote a small book named Chaitanyavilasa, depicting the life history of Chaitanya with specific reference to his devotional aspects or lila. The book contain ten, chapters.
https://www.odishashop.com - Madhusudan Das was born in 1848 called the father of modern odisha, was a legislator, an advocate,the most respected man of odisha and the first minister in India to give up ministership with a monthly salary of Rs.5000/-. After his Matriculation he studied at Calcutta and after obtaining M.A., and B.L. degrees of Calcutta University he became the Headmaster of a high school in Calcutta.
In the meantime he had embraced Christianity. Then he joined the Cuttack Bar and became a leading advocate and founded the Utkal Tannery and another organisation for the upliftment of filigree industry in
https://www.odishashop.com - Manoj Das was born in 1934.He is a prominent writer in odia and English. In his career as a student he was attracted towards the leftist political philosophy. A deep humanistic note is noticed in all his works. Prominent among his short story collections are Manoj Dasanka Katha O Kahani (winner of the Sahitya Akademi award in 1972), Dhumrabha Diganta O Anyanya Kahani, Abu Purusha O Anyanya Kahani and Laxmira Abhisara.
The Crocodiles Lady and Fables and Fantasies for Adults are his two short story collections in English. With a keen observation of human nature he brings out the pathos and p
https://www.odishashop.com - Durga Charan Parida was born in 1929.He did his M.A. from Santiniketan; West Bengal. A poet of post Independence odia literature, his poems composed in couplets and short stanzas, speak of his deep sense of involvement and personal love. The first collection of his poems, Indrayudha (1961), bears the imprint of his passionate love, intimacy of experience and romantic vision of life. Most of the poems included in this volume are pure lyrics and are rich in visual imagery and symbols. Primarily a lyricist, he also wrote some prose-poems in the sixties. Though he moved away from the pursuit of p
https://www.odishashop.com - Raghu Arakhita was a great devotee of Lord Jagannath. Reference to this devotee occurs in Madalapanji, the chronicle of the temple of Lord Jagannath, and in a few other ancient literary works. It is probable that he lived during the reign of Prataprudra Deb (1497-1540), the Gajapati king of odisha, and was perhaps a contemporary of Sri Chaitanya. Rama Das (18th c.) in his Dadhyata bhakti, a popular biographical work in verse, has elaborately written about the life of this devotee.
He was born to rich parents in a village situated on the north-eastern border of odisha adjacent to Bengal. He
https://www.odishashop.com - Bibhuti Pattnaik is a prolific writer of novels and short stories, teaches Odia literature and language in a college. The locale of his novels varies from the rural landscape to the royal palace or to the centres of modern civilization, their popularity depending mainly upon the romantic appeal. The prominent theme of his novels is often a deep emotional man-woman relationship, and varied experiences of love contribute to the intense fervour in his novels.
In every novel a tangled knot of human relationships is presented, exposing the various facets of human character, and he, adept in fem
https://www.odishashop.com - Gopalballav Das was born in 1860,He was the younger brother of Utkal Gaurab Madhusudan Das, one of the patriots and founders of the modern State of odisha. His father was Raghunath Das and mother, Parvati Devi. Having passed M.A. examination from Calcutta University, he was appointed a Deputy Magistrate by the Government, the most covetable job for any Indian in those days under the English ruler. When the minor king of Keonjhar was installed on the thronej Gopalballav Das worked as superintedent of that State.
It was during his stay at Keonjhar that he came in contact with the tribal comm
https://www.odishashop.com - Bhima Dhibara A is famous in odia literature for his kavya Kapatapasha. From the surname Dhibara it
can be surmised that the poet was a ‘Dhibara’ or fisherman by caste. The poem was written most probably in the 17th century. It is divided into 10 cantos, each in different metres, such as, Nalini Gouda, Bangalashri,etc. The poet possibly because of his low-caste origin does not make any pretension of great learning. His use of simple idiomatic language to express deep emotions in popular melodious metres, has made the poem popular all over the state among all sections of people.
Although t