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Nityananda Mahapatra

ニティヤナンダ・マハパトラ

Nityananda Mahapatra

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1912-06-17 （Bhadrak, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India）
Died
2012-04-17 （Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India） age 99
Nationality
Indian
Languages
Odia, English
Residence History
Bhadrak (birthplace) → Bhubaneswar (later life, death)

Career

Occupations
Writer, Politician, Poet, Journalist
Active Years
1930-2012
Affiliations
Orissa Jana Congress

Awards

Odisha Sahitya Academy Award
1974
Organization: Odisha Sahitya Akademi
Result: 受賞
Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award (Sahitya Akademi Award)
1987
Work: Gharadiha
Organization: Kendra Sahitya Akademi (Sahitya Akademi)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Gharadiha

Novel

A novel portraying regional life and the tensions between tradition and modernization. Known for winning the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987.

regional societytradition vs modernizationhuman relationships

Translations by Author

  • Translated the Tamil version of the Ramayana (Ramavataram / Kamba Ramayanam) into Odia
  • Translated works such as Ramana Maharshi and Swarajya Sanghitaa into Odia

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Concise, regionally rooted narrative styleIn translations, techniques to render classical epic language into Odia
Recurring Motifs
regional lifetraditiontranslation of historical/religious texts

Health

  • Respiratory failure
    2012年4月（死没時）
    Contributed to death in 2012

Legacy

Nityananda Mahapatra was an important Odia writer, poet, translator and politician. He is recognized for works depicting regional society and for translating classical Tamil epics into Odia, and received multiple literary honors.

Trivia

  • Imprisoned three times between 1930 and 1942 for nationalist activities.
  • Came to literary prominence as editor of the Odia magazine Dagara.
  • Translated the Tamil Ramavataram (Kamba Ramayanam) into Odia.
  • Died in 2012 at age 99, about two months short of his 100th birthday.