Renowned Odia Poet Ramakanta Rath Passes Away
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Born on December 13, 1934, in Cuttack, Ramakant Rath, is one of the most renowned modernist poets in the Odia literature. He started his illustrious creative life as a poet writing in the 1960s
His major works include Kete Dinara, 1962; Aneka Kothari, 1967; Sandigdha Mrigaya, 1971; Saptama Ritu, 1977; Sachitra Andhara, 1982, Sri Radha, 1984; and Sri Palataka, 1997
Bhubaneswar, Mar 16: Renowned Odia poet Ramakanta Rath passed away Sunday at his residence in Bhubaneswar's Kharavela Nagar. He was 91.
Born on December 13, 1934, in Cuttack, Ramakanta Rath, is one of the most renowned modernist poets in the Odia literature. He started his illustrious creative life as a poet writing in the 1960s.
His major works include Kete Dinara, 1962; Aneka Kothari, 1967; Sandigdha Mrigaya, 1971; Saptama Ritu, 1977; Sachitra Andhara, 1982; Sri Radha, 1984; and Sri Palataka, 1997. A number of his poems have been translated into English and other Indian languages.
Rath joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1957. He retired as Chief Secretary Odisha after holding several important posts in the Central Government such as Secretary to the Government of India.
He received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1977, Saraswathi Samman in 1992, Bishuva Samman in 1990 and India’s 3rd highest civilian honour, the Padma Bhushan in 2006. He served as vice-president of the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi and honorary chairman of the Odisha Maritime Academy.
In February 2009 he was awarded a Sahitya Akademi Fellowship by the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi, the fifth Odia writer to be so honoured.
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