Mayadhar Mansingh#Career

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| children = Lalit Mansingh (Son) Lalu Mansinha (son) Nivedita (daughter)

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Sanghamitra(deceased)

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Mayadhar Mansingh (13 November 1905 – 11 October 1973) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Odia. He received the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India, in 1967.

Personal life

Mansingh was born in Nandala village, Ramalenka Grampanchayat, Krushnaprasad Tahasil of Puri district, Odisha, India.{{cite web|last=Mansingh|first=Lalit|title=Lalit Mansingh: Mayadhar Mansingh, Mayadhar Mansingh and the Beginning of Modernity in Indian Literature, '|url=http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2006&issid=5&id=175|accessdate=23 September 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801040253/http://www.museindia.com/viewarticle.asp?myr=2006&issid=5&id=175|archive-date=1 August 2013|url-status=dead}} He was married to Hemalata and had 5 children. From oldest to youngest, "Lalatendu, Lalitendu, Labanyendu (deceased) and Nivedita and the youngest daughter, Sanghamitra(deceased)." His second son was a former diplomat, Foreign Secretary of India, a former High Commissioner of India to the UK, and a former Ambassador of India to the United States, Lalit Mansingh.

Career

Mansingh's literary contributions include essays, poetic plays and long narrative poems. He also authored several research articles on the History of Odisha.He also worked as Head of the Jnankosh Project of Utkal University. His poetic style is profuse with the use of romantic and erotic metaphor, for which he has earned the appellation "Prēmika kabi" (Lover poet) in Odia literature. He wrote books like The Saga of the Land of Jagannatha (English) which portrays vividly the ancient history of Odisha. He also wrote books in Odia like Mahatabani, Geeta Mahatmya and Sarbajanina Geeta, which were published by J. Mohapatra & co (Now Mass Media Pvt Ltd), Cuttack. The Saga of the Land of Jagannatha is published by Mass Media Pvt Ltd.{{cite book|author1=K. M. George|author2=Sāhitya Akādemī|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1R2Pa3f7r0C&pg=PA903|year=1992|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-7201-324-0|page=903}} Some of his notable works include poems Krushna, Kamalayana,{{cite book|author=Amaresh Datta|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: devraj to jyoti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1592|year=1988|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=978-81-260-1194-0|page=1592}} Kōṇārka and Ēi sahakāra taḷē.

Mansingh authored several research articlesgranddaughter Soumya Mansinha Ditorperson - granddaughter Soumya Mansinha Ditor on the history of Odia literature, a subject in which he had abiding interest. He also authored a history of the Odia language, documenting the general use of the language, as also the development of Odia literature. The treatise, Ōḍiā Sāhitẏara Itihāsa (History of Odia language), was published in 1962.{{cite book|author=Dipti Ray|title=Prataparudradeva, the Last Great Suryavamsi King of Odisha (A.D. 1497 to A.D. 1540)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=to_U9I6Ol9wC&pg=PA141|year=2007|publisher=Northern Book Centre|isbn=978-81-7211-195-3|page=141}}{{cite book|author=Bhagabana Sahu|title=Cultural history of Orissa, 1435-1751|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sTduAAAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Anmol Publications|isbn=978-81-7488-654-5}}

Mansingh has also introduced some works of William Shakespeare into Odia literature.{{cite book|author1=Sherry Simon|author2=Paul St-Pierre|title=Changing the Terms: Translating in the Postcolonial Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmJ5O0ZOwqsC&pg=PA77|year=2000|publisher=University of Ottawa Press|isbn=978-0-7766-0524-1|page=77}} He has translated Shakespeare's Hamlet and Othello into Odia.[http://www.press.uottawa.ca/book/changing-the-terms Changing the Terms, Translating in the Postcolonial Era]. Sherry Simon and Paul St-Pierre. 272 pages . 6 × 9 {{ISBN|978-0-7766-0524-1}} (November 2000). pp. 77