1. Jayanta Mahapatra is the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry.
20 Facts About Jayanta Mahapatra
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Jayanta Mahapatra was the author of poems such as "Indian Summer" and "Hunger", which are regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature.
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Jayanta Mahapatra was awarded a Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in India in 2009, but he returned the award in 2015 to protest against rising intolerance in India.
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Jayanta Mahapatra was born on 22 October 1928 into a prominent Odia Christian family.
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Jayanta Mahapatra was invited to participate in the International Writing Program at Iowa, which brought him international exposure.
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Jayanta Mahapatra differed from the others in not being a product of Bombay school of poets.
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Jayanta Mahapatra authored 27 books of poems, of which seven are in Odia and the rest in English.
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Jayanta Mahapatra's published books of prose include Green Gardener, an anthology of short stories, and Door of Paper: Essay and Memoirs.
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Jayanta Mahapatra was a distinguished editor and was involved in the production of the literary magazine Chandrabhaga.
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Jayanta Mahapatra's poems have appeared in prestigious poetry anthologies like The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India, published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada.
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Jayanta Mahapatra translated from Odia into English, and some of his translations were published in the bi-monthly literary magazine Indian Literature.
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Jayanta Mahapatra frequently explores themes of cultural struggle, identity exploration, and displacement in his poetry.
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Jayanta Mahapatra's writing captures the intricacies of current Indian society as well as the difficulties in balancing traditional ideals with changing circumstances.
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Jayanta Mahapatra died of pneumonia on 27 August 2023, at the age of 94.
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In 1981 Jayanta Mahapatra won Sahitya Akademi award for his poetry book Relationships.
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Jayanta Mahapatra became the first ever writer in English language to win Sahitya Akademi award.
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Jayanta Mahapatra is a recipient of the Jacob Glatstein memorial award conferred by Poetry magazine, Chicago.
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Jayanta Mahapatra was awarded the Allen Tate Poetry Prize for 2009 from The Sewanee Review.
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Jayanta Mahapatra received the SAARC Literary Award, New Delhi, 2009.
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Jayanta Mahapatra was conferred with a Padma Shri in 2009 and awarded an honorary doctorate by Ravenshaw University on 2 May 2009.