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Jayanta Mahapatra

Jayanta Mahapatra was an Indian poet, translator and writer (1928–2023). He was born at Cuttack.

Also recorded as Mahapatra, Jayanta.

Jayanta Mahapatra in brief

Born
1928
Died
2023
Known for
poet, translator and writer
Place of birth
Cuttack
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Mahapatra, Jayanta. His recorded languages were Odia and English. His recorded confession was Christianity.

Recognition and collections

Jayanta Mahapatra received Sahitya Akademi Award in English, Sarala Samman, Padma Shri in literature and education, SAARC Literary Award, Bisuba Award and Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi.

Identity

What the record establishes about Jayanta Mahapatra.

Jayanta Mahapatra is recorded as having received Sahitya Akademi Award in English, Sarala Samman and Padma Shri in literature and education. Jayanta Mahapatra is recorded with the citizenship of India, British Raj and Dominion of India. Jayanta Mahapatra is recorded as poet, translator and writer. The green gardener and other stories is dated 1997. Open Library catalogues 35 works under this name. The best of Jayanta Mahapatra is dated 1995.

Svayamvara and other poems is dated 1971. Life Signs (Three Crowns) is dated 1984. Burden of Waves and Fruit is dated 1988. Close the sky, ten by ten is dated 1971. Tales from Fakirmohan is dated 1969. Kahibi goṭie kathā is dated 1995.

A whiteness of bone is dated 1992. Dispossessed nests is dated 1986. A father's hours is dated 1976. A rain of rites is dated 1976. The false start is dated 1980. Random descent is dated 2005.

Selected poems is dated 1987. Door of paper is dated 2007. Bāẏā rajā is dated 1997. Shadow space is dated 1997.

Holdings and surviving copies

Poetry Reading by Shri Jayanta Mahapatra and Ms. Ranjita Nayak (2001) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Jayanta Mahapatra may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Jayanta Mahapatra is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q5886890.

Catalogued works

34 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1969 to 2007.

Indian Summer. Relationship. ବାୟା ରଜା. Waiting. Bluebird and Other Poems. Re-Reading Jayanta Mahapatra. Cāli. Land. Ten. Baḷi, dated 1993. Bare face, dated 2000. The best of Jayanta Mahapatra, dated 1995. Bāẏā rajā, dated 1997. Close the sky, ten by ten, dated 1971. Dispossessed nests, dated 1986. Door of paper, dated 2007. The false start, dated 1980. A father's hours, dated 1976. The Green Gardener, dated 1997. Ṭikie chāi, dated 2001. Kahibi goṭie kathā, dated 1995. Life signs, dated 1983. Life Signs (Three Crowns), dated 1984. A rain of rites, dated 1976. Random descent, dated 2005. Selected poems, dated 1987. Shadow space, dated 1997. Svayamvara and other poems, dated 1971. Tales from Fakirmohan, dated 1969. Temple, dated 1989. A whiteness of bone, dated 1992. The green gardener and other stories, dated 1997. Burden of Waves and Fruit, dated 1988. Bhora motira kānaphula.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Jayanta Mahapatra b. 1928, Name Me a Word, 2019. THE POETRY OF JAYANTA MAHAPATRA (1928- ), Marginalized: Indian Poetry in English, 2014. Jayanta Mahapatra: Poetic Voices of an Experimentalist, Literary Voice, 2026.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

Poetry Reading by Shri Jayanta Mahapatra and Ms. Ranjita Nayak (2001) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Jayanta Mahapatra studied at International Writing Program, Ravenshaw University and Patna University. the recorded working language is Odia and English.

Employment is recorded with Government of Odisha.

Distinctions recorded are Sahitya Akademi Award in English, Sarala Samman, Padma Shri in literature and education and SAARC Literary Award.

Chronology

  1. 1928Jayanta Mahapatra born at Cuttack.
  2. 1928Jayanta Mahapatra was born in 1928 at Cuttack.
  3. 1969Tales from Fakirmohan is dated 1969.
  4. 1971Svayamvara and other poems is dated 1971.
  5. 1971Close the sky, ten by ten is dated 1971.
  6. 1976A father's hours is dated 1976.
  7. 1976A rain of rites is dated 1976.
  8. 1980The false start is dated 1980.
  9. 1984Life Signs (Three Crowns) is dated 1984.
  10. 1986Dispossessed nests is dated 1986.
  11. 1987Selected poems is dated 1987.
  12. 1988Burden of Waves and Fruit is dated 1988.
  13. 1992A whiteness of bone is dated 1992.
  14. 1995The best of Jayanta Mahapatra is dated 1995.
  15. 1995Kahibi goṭie kathā is dated 1995.
  16. 1997The green gardener and other stories is dated 1997.
  17. 1997Bāẏā rajā is dated 1997.
  18. 1997Shadow space is dated 1997.
  19. 2001Poetry Reading by Shri Jayanta Mahapatra and Ms. Ranjita Nayak (2001) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  20. 2001Poetry Reading by Shri Jayanta Mahapatra and Ms. Ranjita Nayak digitised by Internet Archive.
  21. 2005Random descent is dated 2005.
  22. 2007Door of paper is dated 2007.
  23. 2023Jayanta Mahapatra died at Cuttack.
  24. 2023Jayanta Mahapatra died in 2023 at Cuttack.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    Jayanta Mahapatra b. 1928, Name Me a Word, 2019

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Jayanta Mahapatra: Poetic Voices of an Experimentalist, Literary Voice, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for Jayanta Mahapatra (Internet Archive), 35 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  4. 4.

    Poems by Jayanta Mahapatra, Critical Quarterly, 1972

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    The Best of Jayanta Mahapatra, World Literature Today, 1997

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    THE POETRY OF JAYANTA MAHAPATRA (1928- ), Marginalized: Indian Poetry in English, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Jayanta Mahapatra as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5886890: Jayanta Mahapatra

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  9. 9.

    “Jayanta Mahapatra”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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