Rajendra Kishore Panda (born 1944) is an Indian

Odia language Odia (, ISO: , ; formerly rendered Oriya ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha (formerly rendered Orissa), where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is also ...

poet and novelist. He has published 16 poetry collections. He was awarded the Gangadhar National Award in 2010, and the

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

in 1985. He received Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar for 2020.

Biography

He was born on 24 June 1944 in Natasha, a village Sambalpur district of

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

state. He earned his Master of Arts degree from Allahabad University.

Works

His first collection of poems, ''Gaun Devata'' ( Minor Gods ), was published in 1947.

Books

Poetry collections

* ''Gouna Devata'' (1975) * ''Anavatar O Anya Anya'' (1976) * ''Ghunakshara'' (1977) * ''Satadru Anek'' (1977) * ''Nija Pain Nanabaya'' (1980) * ''Choukathhare Chirakala'' (1981) * ''Shailakalpa'' (1982) * ''Anya'' (1988) * ''Ishakhela'' (1999) * ''Bahubreehi'' (1991) * ''Collected Poems'' (2003) * ''Drohavakya'' (2003) * ''Dujanari'' (2003) * ''Vairagi Bhramar'' (2003) * ''Satyottara'' (2003) * ''Bahwarambhe'' (2003)

Novel

* ''Chidabhas'' (1999) *" PYTHON"

Honours

In 2004, he was awarded a D.Lit. by

Sambalpur University Sambalpur University is located in Burla town, of district Sambalpur, India, in the state of Odisha. Popularly known as Jyoti Vihar, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. The governor of Odisha is the chancellor of t ...

. He was awarded the Gangadhar National Award in 2010, and the

in 1985 for his book ''Shailakalpa''.

References

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