Shakuntala Baliarsingh
{{Short description|Indian writer and translator}}
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{{Infobox writer
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|2|25}}
| occupation = writer, translator
| birth_place = Ramapuram, Kottayam, India
| notable_works = Odia Sahityare Jatiyabadi Chetana
| awards = Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award (2009)
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2015
| image = Odia Wikimedians celebrating 3rd anniversary of odia wikisource (cropped).jpg
| signature = File:Sakuntala Baliarsingh Autograph - or.png
| alma_mater = Utkal University
}}
Shakuntala Baliarsingh (born 25 February 1948) is an Indian Odia language writer and translator.
Life
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Baliarsingh was born in 1948 in Ramapuram, Kottayam, India. She studied at Utkal University.{{Cite book |last=Dutt |first=Kartik Chandra |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA95&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false |title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M |date=1999 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-0873-5 |pages=95 |language=en}}
Baliarsingh has published over 30 books, including Angyata basara itikatha, Swaymsidha, Bipanna Nabika,{{Cite news |date=2016-02-15 |title=Odia writer Sakuntala Baliarsingh to get Sahitya Akademi award for translation |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Bhubaneswar/Odia-writer-Sakuntala-Baliarsingh-to-get-Sahitya-Akademi-award-for-translation/articleshow/50999097.cms |access-date=2025-01-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}} and Odia Sahityare Jatiyabadi Chetana, which explores the impact of Indian nationalism and consciousness on Oriya literature.{{Cite book |last=Behera |first=Subhakanta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hbVjAAAAMAAJ&q=Shakuntala+Baliarsingh |title=Construction of an Identity Discourse: Oriya Literature and the Jagannath Cult (1866-1936) |date=2002 |publisher=Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers |isbn=978-81-215-1041-7 |pages=xvi |language=en}} She also writes articles for newspapers.{{Cite news |date=2020-05-03 |title=For author, morning rituals govern the day |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/75510903.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst |access-date=2025-01-17 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
In 2015, Baliarsingh was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for her Odia translation of Tripurasundari Laxmi's work Kaberi Bhali Jhiatie, which was originally written in Tamil.{{Cite web |date=2016-02-15 |title=Sahitya Akademi announces winners of translation prize |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/sahitya-akademi-announces-winners-of-translation-prize-556372-2016-02-15 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=India Today |language=en}}
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Category:19th-century Indian women writers
Category:20th-century Indian women writers
Category:Odia-language novelists
Category:Tamil–Odia translators