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Jayanta Mahapatra
Poet

Jayanta Mahapatra

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Writing Relationship and A Rain of Rites.

Close the Sky Ten by Ten · A Rain of Rites

Born
22 October 1928
Birthplace
Cuttack
Died
27 August 2023

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Jayanta Mahapatra

Jayanta Mahapatra was an Indian poet whose English-language work was deeply connected with Odisha.

Early life

Education

Attended Stewart School in Cuttack and studied physics at Patna University.

Career

  1. 1949

    Teaching

    Began a long career teaching physics.

  2. Late 1960s

    Poetry

    Began publishing literary work.

  3. 1981

    Sahitya Akademi

    Received the award for Relationship.

Selected work

Close the Sky Ten by Ten

Published an early poetry collection.

A Rain of Rites

Published a collection including Hunger.

Relationship

Published his award-winning long poem.

Beyond work

Public life

Returned his Padma Shri in 2015 in protest against rising intolerance.

Sources & photo creditBiography and career ↗Biographical references ↗

Original photograph. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.

Photo: Suman Pokhrel. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.