Binapani Mohanty Explained

Binapani Mohanty
Birth Date:11 November 1936[1]
Birth Place:Chandol, Kendrapada, Bengal Presidency, British Raj
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Cuttack, Odisha, India
Occupation:Professor
Language:Odia
Nationality:Indian
Citizenship:Indian
Education:Post Graduate in Economics
Alma Mater:Ravenshaw College
Period:Post Colonial
Genre:Poem, Short Story
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Notable Works:Patadei, Kasturi Mruga o Sabuja Aranya
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Awards:Padmashree, Sahitya Akademi Award
Years Active:1960–2022

Binapani Mohanty (11 November 1936 – 24 April 2022)[3] was an Indian Odia language writer and academician. She was well known for her works such as Patadei and Kasturi Mriga. She was a professor in economics before retiring. She had been awarded Padmashree by the Government of India and Atibadi Jagannatha Das Sammana by Odisha Sahitya Akademi. She had earlier won the Sahitya Akademi Award and Sarala Award. She had served as chairperson of Odisha Lekhika Sansad.

Early life and professional career

Binapani was born to Chaturbhuja Mohanty and Kumudini Mohanty in a Hindu Karan family . Her family was from a village near Kendrapada called Chandol (then part of the undivided Cuttack district). However her father was a government servant and was posted at Berhampore where she was born in the year 1936. She completed her matriculation in 1953 and then went on to study economics. She got her bachelor's degree in 1957 and post graduation degree in 1959 from Ravenshaw college, Cuttack.[4] She later worked as a lecturer and was posted to various colleges. She retired from Sailabala Women's College in 1992.

Literary career

Binapani Mohanty has carved a niche for herself in the field of Odia fiction writing. Her literary career as a story-teller began with the publication of ‘Gotie Ratira Kahani’ in 1960. Some of her best known stories are Pata Dei, Khela Ghara, Naiku Rasta, Bastraharana, Andhakarara, Kasturi Murga O Sabuja Aranya and Michhi Michhika. It was the collection of short stories entitled 'Pata Dei and other Stories', that won the 1990 Sahitya Akademi.[5] She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020.[6] [7]

Her short story Pata Dei was published as Lata in Femina in 1986. In 1987, its Hindi dramatisation was telecast in Doordarshan as a series called Kashmakash.[8]

Many short stories of Binapani Mohanty have been translated into different languages such as English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Urdu, Telugu and Russian. A film was made on her story " Andhakarara Chhai" and has been highly appreciated by the audience.

She has also penned three novels: Sitara Sonita, Manaswini and Kunti, Kuntala, Shakuntala and a one-act play entitled Kranti. She has translated Russian folk-tales from English to Odia, among other translations.

Awards

She has won numerous awards including Padmashree. Few of them are noted below.[4]

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Autobiography/Biography

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Tharu . S.J. . Lalita . K. . City University of New York . Women Writing in India: The twentieth century . Feminist Press at the City University of New York . WOMEN WRITING IN INDIA . 1991 . 978-1-55861-029-3 . 13 July 2020 . 417.
  2. Web site: ପରଲୋକରେ ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ ସାହିତ୍ୟିକା ବୀଣାପାଣି ମହାନ୍ତି । ୮୫ ବର୍ଷ ବୟସରେ ଆଖି ବୁଜିଲେ 'ପାଟଦେଇ' Kanak News. 24 April 2022. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20220424164719/https://kanaknews.com/binapani-mohanty-passes-away/. 24 April 2022. 24 April 2022.
  3. https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/eminent-litterateur-binapani-mohanty-passes-away-175519 Eminent litterateur Binapani Mohanty passes away
  4. Web site: sahitya akademi . sahitya akademi . Meet the author - Binapani Mohanty . sahitya-akademi.
  5. Web site: AKADEMI AWARDS (1955-2019). . 1 September 2013 . 26 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Odisha's padma prides . The New Indian Express . 26 January 2020 . 26 January 2020.
  7. Web site: Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes given Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Here's full list of Padma award recipients . . 26 January 2020 . 26 January 2020.
  8. Book: Kali for Women (Organization) . Mohanty . C.T. . Kalpakian . L. . The Slate of Life: More Contemporary Stories by Women Writers of India . Feminist Press at the City University of New York . Fiction: Asian studies . 1994 . 978-1-55861-088-0 . 13 July 2020 . 130.
  9. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Manasvini . Kadambini Pablikesanas . 2002 . 499546110 . or .
  10. Book: Mahanti . Binapani . Mohanty . A. K. . Kunti Kuntala Shakuntala . Kalpaz Publications . 2005 . 81-7835-418-7 . 636785957 .
  11. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Kasturi mrga o sabuja aranya . Niu shtudents shtora . 1967 . 30990591 . or .
  12. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Kalantara . Buksa end Buksa . 1977 . 499664573 . or .
  13. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Tatinira trshna . Odisa Buk Shtora . 1972 . 19013616 . or .
  14. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Bastra harana . Buks enda Buks . 1980 . 17032996 . or .
  15. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Arohana . Sathi Mahala . 1978 . 7197095 . or .
  16. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Abhinetri . Aryya Prakasana . 1997 . 81-7412-079-3 . 37992908 . or .
  17. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Ekaki Parasara . Aryya Prakasana . 1994 . 81-7412-024-6 . 33042360 . or .
  18. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Asru anala . Granthamandira . 1992 . 29359915 . or .
  19. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Sakunira chaka . Odisa Buk Shtora . 1992 . 29184434 . or .
  20. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Khela calichi . Granthamandira . 1998 . 40706553 . or .
  21. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Anya aranya . Phrendas Pablisarsa . 1981 . 17620445 . or .
  22. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Sayahnara svara : galpaguccha . Sathi Mahala . 1973 . 19013893 . or .
  23. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Barsha, barsha, Bharatabarsha . Larka Buksa . 2004 . 81-7375-122-6 . 806291975 . or .
  24. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Apahañca akasa . Pascima Pablikesanas . 2007 . 300278185 . or .
  25. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Andhakarara chai . Sathimahal . 1976 . 977232169 . or .
  26. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Padma ghuñci ghuñci yauchi . Pascima Pablikesansa . 2001 . 47863357 . or .
  27. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Patadei . Bidyapuri . 1986 . 499120436 . or .
  28. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Bitiyaithiba dina . 2016 . 954038682 . or .
  29. Book: Bidyutprabha Devi . Mahanti . Binapani . Kabi Bidyutprabha . Bidyutprabha Smaranika Kamiti ; Paribeshaka Nabajyoti Karyalaya, Sriarabinda Asrama . 1978 . 6864447 . or .
  30. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Odisa Lekhika Samsada . Odia lekhika : uttara maddhyaparba = Odia lekhika : Uttar-madhya parba . 2014 . 904399798 . or .
  31. Book: Mahanti . Binapani . Nayaka . Rumjhum . Ama samayara galpa . Pascima Pablikesansa . 2003 . 317068406 . or .
  32. Book: Mahanti, Binapani . Odisa Lekhika Samsada . Bhumi : kabita sankalana, 98-99 . Pascima Pablikesansa . 1998 . 47630783 . or .

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