Nityananda Mahapatra

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| name = Nityananda Mahapatra

| image = Nityananda Mahapatra.JPG

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|06|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bhadrak, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|04|17|1912|07|17|df=y}}

| death_place = Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

| office = Member: Odisha Legislative Assembly

| constituency = Bhadrak

| term_start = 1957

| term_end = 1971

| predecessor = Mahamad Hanif

| successor = Harekrushna Mahatab

| death_cause = Respiratory Failure

| nationality = Indian

| occupation = Writer, politician

| party = Orissa Jana Congress

| awards = Sahitya Akademi Award,1987

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| notable_works = Gharadiha

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Nityananda Mahapatra (17 June 1912 – 17 April 2012)according to website of Odisha Legislative Assembly born on 17 June, but [https://archive.today/20120914110301/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110618/jsp/orissa/story_14127196.jsp possibly born 17 June] was an Indian Odia politician, poet and journalist.

Political career

He was imprisoned three times by the British Raj between 1930 and 1942 for nationalist activities.{{cite web |url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?854 |title=Profile of Shri Nityananda Mahapatra |publisher=Odisha Legislative Assembly |accessdate=21 June 2011 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000305/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?854 |url-status=dead }} He came to literary prominence as editor of the Odia magazine Dagara,{{cite book |title=History of Indian Literature: .1911–1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy |last=Das |first=Sisir Kumar |page=702 |year=1995 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-7201-798-9 }} and as a short story writer after independence.{{cite book |title=The Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, Volume 5 |last=Lal |first=Mohan |page=4062 |year=2006 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-1221-3 }} In his political career Mohapatra served as a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1971{{cite web |url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?854 |title=Membership of Shri Nityananda Mahapatra in Odisha Legislative Assembly |publisher=Odisha Legislative Assembly |accessdate=21 June 2011 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000305/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?854 |url-status=dead }} and as state Minister of Supply and Cultural Affairs from 1967 to 1971.{{cite web |url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?854 |title=Post Held of Shri Nityananda Mahapatra |publisher=Odisha Legislative Assembly |accessdate=21 June 2011 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326000305/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/mlaprofile/1stpage.asp?854 |url-status=dead }}

Death

He died on 17 April 2012 at around 9:45{{nbsp}}am at Kharavelanagar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from complications of respiratory failure. He had been in a coma at the Aditya Care Hospital following a breathing problem. He was three months short of his 100th birthday.http://www.asianage.com/india/centenarian-litterateur-and-ex-odisha-minister-dead-680 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022033952/https://www.asianage.com/india/centenarian-litterateur-and-ex-odisha-minister-dead-680 |date=22 October 2021 }} {{Bare URL inline|date=September 2022}}

Literary works

Mohapatra has translated the Ramavataram (also known as the Kamba Ramayanam), the Tamil version of the Ramayana, into Odia.{{cite journal

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| first = Aditya Kumar

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| title = Translation in Odia: A Historical Survey

| journal = Translation Today

| volume = 9

| issue = 1

| pages = 202–226

| publisher = National Translation Mission

| date = 2015

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| access-date = 4 January 2024}}{{Rp|p=214}} Other works that he translated into Odia include Ramana Maharshee and Swarajya Sanghitaa.

Literary awards

Mahapatra received the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award in 1974{{cite web |url=http://www.orissasahityaakademi.org/english/common/sahitya-awards/award3.htm |title=List of Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award Winning Books and their Writers |publisher=Odisha Sahitya Akademi |accessdate=11 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218201619/http://www.orissasahityaakademi.org/english/common/sahitya-awards/award3.htm |archivedate=18 December 2010 |df=dmy-all }} and the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award in 1987 for his novel Gharadiha.{{cite web |url=http://203.129.205.48/ogpv3/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2004/pdf/recipients_of_kendra_sahitya_akademi_award_for_oriya_literature.pdf |title=Recipients of Kendra Sahitya Academy Award for Oriya Literature |publisher=Kendra Sahitya Akademi |accessdate=11 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214205043/http://203.129.205.48/ogpv3/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2004/pdf/recipients_of_kendra_sahitya_akademi_award_for_oriya_literature.pdf |archive-date=14 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}