Saraswati Samman
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (1992) Winner
Ramakanta Rath
ラマカンタ・ラト
Ramakanta Rath
Aliases:
Ramakant Rath
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1934-12-13 （Cuttack）
- Died
- 2025-03-16 （Bhubaneswar） age 90
- Nationality
- India
- Languages
- Odia, English
- Residence History
- Cuttack, Odisha → Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Indian Administrative Service officer
- Active Years
- 1957-2025
- Affiliations
- Government of India, Odisha Government, Sahitya Akademi
- Memberships
- Vice President of Sahitya Akademi (1993-1998), President of Sahitya Akademi (1998-2003)
- Influenced By
- T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenshaw College | — | English Literature | M.A. | — | India |
Ravenshaw College
English Literature
Degree:
M.A.
Country:
India
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Sahitya Akademi Award | Saptama Ritu | — | Sahitya Akademi | Winner |
| 1990 | Bishuva Samman | — | — | — | Winner |
| 1992 | Saraswati Samman | Sri Radha | — | — | Winner |
| 2006 | Padma Bhushan | — | — | President of India | Winner |
| 2009 | Sahitya Akademi Fellowship | — | — | Sahitya Akademi | Winner |
Sahitya Akademi Award
1977
Work:
Saptama Ritu
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
Winner
Bishuva Samman
1990
Result:
Winner
Saraswati Samman
1992
Work:
Sri Radha
Result:
Winner
Padma Bhushan
2006
Organization:
President of India
Result:
Winner
Sahitya Akademi Fellowship
2009
Organization:
Sahitya Akademi
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Kete Dinara
1962 PoetryOf a Long Long Time
Quest for meaning
Aneka Kothari
1967 PoetryMany Rooms
Inner solitude
Sandigdha Mrigaya
1971 PoetrySuspicious Hunting
Riddles of life
Saptama Ritu
1977 PoetryThe Seventh Season
Death-consciousnessFutility
Sachitra Andhara
1982 PoetryPicturesque Darkness
Melancholy
Sri Radha
1984 Long poemModernist interpretation of Radha
MysticismMetaphysics
Sri Palataka
1997 Long poemMr. Escapist
Bibliography
- Kete Dinara (1962)
- Aneka Kothari (1967)
- Sandigdha Mrigaya (1971)
- Saptama Ritu (1977)
- Sachitra Andhara (1982)
- Sri Radha (1984)
- Sri Palataka (1997)
Translations by Author
- A number of his poems have been translated into English and other Indian languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Modernismexperimentation with form and stylesymbolic annotationsintellectualism
- Recurring Motifs
- mystical questriddles of life and deathinner solitude of individual selvessubservience to material needs and carnal desiresinevitability of death and futility
Health
-
prolonged illness晩年Died on 16 March 2025 at his residence in Bhubaneswar
Legacy
Regarded as one of the most renowned modernist poets in Odia literature, heavily influenced by T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, exploring themes like the mystical, life and death, inner solitude, with pessimism and counter-aesthetics.