1. Binapani Mohanty was an Indian Odia language writer and academician.
13 Facts About Binapani Mohanty
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Binapani Mohanty was well known for her works such as Patadei and Kasturi Mriga.
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Binapani Mohanty had been awarded Padmashree by the Government of India and Atibadi Jagannatha Das Sammana by Odisha Sahitya Akademi.
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Binapani Mohanty had earlier won the Sahitya Akademi Award and Sarala Award.
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Binapani Mohanty had served as chairperson of Odisha Lekhika Sansad.
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Binapani Mohanty's family was from a village near Kendrapada called Chandol.
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Binapani Mohanty completed her matriculation in 1953 and then went on to study economics.
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Binapani Mohanty got her bachelor's degree in 1957 and post graduation degree in 1959 from Ravenshaw college, Cuttack.
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Binapani Mohanty later worked as a lecturer and was posted to various colleges.
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Binapani Mohanty has carved a niche for herself in the field of Odia fiction writing.
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Many short stories of Binapani Mohanty have been translated into different languages such as English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Urdu, Telugu and Russian.
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Binapani Mohanty has penned three novels: Sitara Sonita, Manaswini and Kunti, Kuntala, Shakuntala and a one-act play entitled Kranti.
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Binapani Mohanty has translated Russian folk-tales from English to Odia, among other translations.