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Manoj Das is an acclaimed and veteran writer associated with Odia and English languages. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001 for his contributions to Indian literature and also Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship by the Akademy. He is also a recipient of many more awards including Saraswati Samman for the year 2000. He has been an inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry since 1973 as a faculty, when his deeper quest led him to mysticism. His research works in the archives of London and Edinburgh also gave a new direction and new bit of information related to Indian freedom struggle movement, led by Aurobindo in the early 1900s.

Manoj Das was born on 27 February 1934 in Sankhari, Balasore, Odisha. It is a small coastal village. His father was a landocracy under British Govt. Got inspired with the ideas of Aurobindo, he has been an ashramite at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry where he served as a teacher as well. A youth leader with radical views in his college days, he played an active role in Afro-Asian students' conference at Bandung, Indonesia, in 1959. He also worked as an editor and columnist with dailies and magazines. He edited a cultural magazine of Chennai, The Heritage and wrote columns in The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Statesman.

Foremost bilingual Odia writer, he was a master of dramatic expression both in his English and Odia short stories and novels. Comparisons were often drawn with Vishnu Sharma, and he is regarded as one of the greatest story tellers from Orissa. He has been associated with politics as well, serving several distinguished positions. Chasing the rainbow, A tiger at twilight, My little India, Godhulira Bagha, The Escapist etc are some of his famous books.

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MANOJ DAS, a creative writer on whom the Sahitya Akademi (the National Academy of Letters) has bestowed its highest honour, the Fellowship, was a youth leader with radical views in his college days, playing an active role in the Afro- Asian Students’ Conference at Bandung, Indonesia, in 1956.

His deeper quest, however, led him to mysticism and he has been an inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry, since 1963 where he teaches English Literature and the philosophy of Sri Aurobindo at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. A bilingual writer with almost an equal number of books in Odia and English, he has been translated into several major languages of India as well as of the world.

In 1971, his research in the archives of London and Edinburgh brought to light some of the little-known facts of India’s freedom struggle in the first decade of the Twentieth century led by Sri Aurobindo for which he received the Fist Sri Aurobindo Puraskar ( Kolkata).Other awards he has received for his creative writing include the Sahitya Akademi Award(1972), the Orissa Sahitya Akademi Award( twice), the Sarala Award, the Sahitya Bharati Award, the BAPASI ( The Book-sellers and Publishers Association of South India) Award as the best writer in English in South India for the year 1998, Rotary’s ‘ For the Sake of Honors’, the President’s Padma Award(2001) and India’s premier award for literature, the Saraswati Samman as well as ‘Utkal Ratna’ from Odisha’s oldest literary institution the Utkal Sahitya samaj. While the Berhampur University honoured him with the status of honorary Professor Emeritus, he received the D.Litt. (Honoris Causa) from five universities: the Utkal University of Culture (2004), the Utkal University (2006), the Fakir Mohan University (2007), the North Orissa University (2011) and the Ravenshaw University (2011).

At different times he contributed regular personal columns to India’s leading English newspapers, The Thought, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times and The Hindu and major Odia dailies. He edited a prestigious monthly, The Heritage, for five years (1985-1989).

During 1981-1985, he was an author-consultant to the Ministry of Education, Government of the Republic of Singapore, visiting the island nation twice a year for taking classes of a hundred teachers. He was the leader of the Indian delegation of writers to China (1999).

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For thousands of men, women and children of the past two or three generations, Manoj Das has been the very synonym of light and delight, whose writings in Odia and English inspire in his countless readers faith in the purpose of life and also open up concealed horizons of confidence and compassion in humanity a dire need today.

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Manoj Das was born in a small coastal village named Shankari in Balasore district, Odisha in 1934. Manoj Das is a noted writer in both Odia and English literature. He is a philosopher, a thinker-writer whose works can be defined as quest for finding the eternal truth in everyday circumstances. His work includes great fantasy, humor and touches the high horizons of metaphysical aspects of life. He received recognition in the form of the Sahitya Akademi award, 1972, in English, Orissa Sahitya Akademi award, 1965 and 1982, Sarala award, 1981, Vishuba award, 1986 and Sahitya Bharati award, 1995, Saraswati Samman, 2000, Padmashri, 2001. He wrote columns in India’s national dailies like The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Statesman. His writings, revealing the deeper truth and the untraced aspects behind current issues, have been highly appreciated. Among the other important positions Das has held are Member, General Council, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi 1998-2002 and Author-consultant, Ministry of Education, Government of Singapore, 1983-85.

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1934 –, who is manoj das.

Manoj Das is an Indian award-winning bilingual creative writer who writes in Oriya and English on whom Kendra Sahitya Akademi has bestowed its highest award i.e Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship. Manoj Das was awarded Padma Shri in 2001 for his contribution in the field of Literature & Education, the fourth highest Civilian Award in India. In 2000 he was awarded with Saraswati Samman also.

In 1971 his research in the archives of London and Edinburgh brought to light some of the little-known facts of India's freedom struggle in the first decade of the twentieth century led by Sri Aurobindo for which he received the first Sri Aurobindo Puraskar.

His deeper quest led him to mysticism and he has been an inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry since 1973 where he currently teaches English Literature and the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo at the Sri Aurobindo International University.

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Manoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Award in India, and Padma Bhusan in 2020, the third-highest Civilian Award in India for his contribution to the field of Literature & Education.

Kendra Sahitya Akademi has bestowed its highest award (also India's highest literary award) i.e Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship.

In 1971, through extensive research conducted in the archives of London and Edinburgh, he uncovered lesser-known aspects of India's freedom struggle during the early 1900s, led by Sri Aurobindo . This significant contribution earned him the inaugural Sri Aurobindo Puraskar in Kolkata.

His pursuit of deeper understanding eventually led him to mysticism, becoming a resident of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry in 1963. During his time there, he imparted knowledge in English Literature and the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo at the Sri Aurobindo International University.

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Creative writing and story-telling, national and international positions, selected works.

Das was born in the small coastal village, Balasore of odisha . His father, Madhusudan Das, worked under British Government. He had started writing early. His first work a book of poetry in Odia, Satavdira Artanada was published in 1949 when he was in high school. He launched a literary magazine, Diganta in 1950. He graduated high school in 1951. His first collection of short stories Samudrara Kshyudha (Hunger of Sea) was in that year. He was active in student politics while studying BA at Cuttack College. He was a youth leader with radical views in his college days and spent a year in jail for his revolutionary activities. In 1959 he was a delegate to the Afro-Asian students' conference at Bandung, Indonesia . He did not complete his degree in Cuttack. He ultimately finished his graduation from Samanta Chandra Shekhar College, Puri in 1955. During his college years, he kept on writing and published a novel Jeebanara Swada , a collection of short stories Vishakanyar Kahani and a collection of poems Padadhawani . After graduating with a degree in English literature, he got a post-graduate degree in English literature from Ravenshaw College. After a short stint as a lecturer at Christ College (Cuttack), he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram at Puducherry. Since 1963, he has been professor of English Literature at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Puducherry.

He cited Fakir Mohan Senapati, Vyasa , and Valmiki as early influences.

Das edited a cultural magazine, The Heritage , published from Chennai in 1985-1989. The magazine is no longer in circulation.

He wrote columns on quest for finding eternal truth in common lives in India’s national dailies like The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Hindu and The Statesman .

Das is perhaps the foremost bilingual Odia writer and a master of dramatic expression both in his English and Odia short stories and novels. Das has been compared to Vishnu Sharma , in modern Odia literature for his magnificent style and efficient use of words and for the fact that, he is one of the best story-tellers in India in modern times. Over the years many research scholars have done their doctoral thesis on the works of Manoj Das, P. Raja being the first scholar to do so.

Among the other important positions that Das held were, Member, General Council, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi 1998–2002, and Author-consultant, Ministry of Education, Government of Singapore, 1983–85. He was the leader of the Indian delegation of writers to China (1999).

• Odisha Sahitya Academy Award, 1965 and 1987
• Kendra Sahitya Academy Award, 1972
• Sarala Award, 1981
• Vishuba Award, 1986
• Sahitya Bharati Award, 1995
• Saraswati Samman, 2000;
• Orissa State Film Award for Best Story 2001
• Padma Shri , 2001
• Padma Bhushan . 2020
• Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, 2006
• Atibadi Jagannath Das award, 2007
• NTR Literary Award, 2013
• Amrita Keerti Puraskar, 2013
• Veda Vyas Samman
• Mystic Kalinga Literary Award (2020)
• The Escapist , 2001
• Tandralokara Prahari , 2000
• Aakashra Isara , 1997
• Amruta Phala , 1996 (Saraswati Samman)
• A Tiger at Twilight , 1991
• Bulldozers and Fables and Fantasies for Adults , (1990)
• Cyclones , 1987
• Prabhanjana
• Godhulira Bagha
• Kanaka-Upatyakara Kahani
• Amruta phala
• Sesha tantrikara sandhanare

Short Story Collections

• Upakatha Sataka
• Abu Purusha
• Sesa Basantara Chithi , 1966
• Manoj Dasanka Katha O Kahani , 1971
• Dhumabha Diganta O Anyana Kahani , 1971
• The Crocodile's Lady: A Collection of Stories , 1975
• Manoj-pancha-bimsati , 1977
• The Submerged Valley and Other Stories , 1986
• Farewell to a Ghost: Short Stories and a Novelette , 1994
• Legend of the Golden Valley , 1996
• Samudra-kulara Eka Grama (Balya Smruti) , 1996
• Aranyaka ; (adapted to Aranyaka , 1994)
• Bhinna Manisha O Anyana Kahani
• Abupurusha O Anyana Kahani
• Lakshmira Abhisara
• Abolakara Kahani
• Aranya Ullasha
• Selected Fiction ,
• Chasing the Rainbow : growing up in an Indian village , 2004
• Keta Diganta (Part I)
• Keta Diganta (Part -II)
• Antaranga Bharata (Part I) (My Little India)
• Antaranga Bharata (Part II)
• Dura-durantara
• Adura Bidesh – 2004
• Tuma Gaan O Anyanya Kabita , 1992
• Kabita Utkala

History & Culture

• Bharatara Aitihya: Shateka Prashnara Uttara ,1999
• Manoj Das Paribesita Upakatha Shataka (Tales Told by Mystics) , 2002
• Mahakalara Prahelika O Anyana Jijnansa , 2006
• Jibana Jijnasa o Smaraika Stabaka
• Prajna Pradeepika
• List of Indian writers
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