Kishori Charan Das

Kishori Charan Das (born 1924; died 17 August 2004), also known by his short name K.C. Das, was an Indian writer of Odia and English language.[1] He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his short story collection Thakura Ghara. [2]

Kishori Charan Das
Born1924 (2022-04-17UTC00:27:47)
Cuttack, Odisha
Died17 August 2004(2004-08-17) (aged 79–80)
Occupationwriter, poet
LanguageOdia
NationalityIndian
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award : 1976
Odisha Sahitya Academy Award : 1976

Biography

Das was born in 1924 in Cuttack, Odisha. He worked as Additional Deputy comptroller and Auditor General of India and Director of Audit.[1]

He died on 17 August 2004.[3]

Works

Das published several collections of short stories, novels, essays, poems.[4] He was one of the exponents of modernism in Odia literature. The characters of his fictions come from urban setting, with disrupted dreams, inner-conflict and existential anguish.[5] He considered the writing as a commitment. He maintained that writing 'expresses a writer's relationship with various emotions' and 'no writing can belong to any class or community', but 'it belongs to the whole world'.[3]

Books

Short story
  • Bhanga Khelana (1961)
  • Ghara Bahuda (1968)
  • Laksha Vihanga (1968)
  • Manihara (1970)
  • Thakura Ghara (1975)
  • Gaman (1980)
  • Khelara nam ranga (1982)
  • Bhinna Paunsha (1984)
  • Death of an Indian (1984)
  • Shita Lahara (1986)
  • Trango Mryutu (1987)
  • Nija Sanja (1992)
  • The Midnight Moon and other Stories (1993)

Poetry collection
  • Faces in the Dark (1980)
  • Mana Kamana (1983)

Novels
  • Satoti Dinara Sati (1993)
  • Neta O Netramani (1997)

Honours

He was awarded the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award in 1976, Sarala Puraskar in 1985 and Bishuva Puraskar in 1992.[1] He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1976 for his short story collection Thakura Ghara.[5]

The Kishori Charan Smruti Sansad was established in his honour which gives an award named Kishori Charan Das Sahitya Purashkar to an Odia writer annually since 2007.[5]

References
  1. "Kishori Charan Das, 1924-". Library of Congress. 11 January 2016.
  2. Datta, Amaresh (1987). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo. Sahitya Akademi. p. 870. ISBN 978-81-260-1803-1.
  3. Saudamini Bhuyan (2004). "Kishori Charan Das". Indian Literature. 48 (6): 135–137.
  4. Beyond the Roots: An Anthology of Oriya Short Stories. National Book Trust India. 1996. p. 300. ISBN 978-81-237-2246-7.
  5. Patnaik, Lalmohan (3 March 2013). "Odia literature's modern man". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 23 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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