Gopinath Mohanty
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Gopinath Mohanty (1914–1991), winner of the Jnanpith award, and the first winner of the National Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 – for his novel, Amrutara Santana – was a prolific Odia writer of the mid-twentieth century. Satya Prakash Mohanty, professor of English, Cornell University says: "In my opinion, Gopinath Mohanty is the most important Indian novelist in the second half of the twentieth century."[1]
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Born | (1914-04-20)20 April 1914 Nagabali, Cuttack |
Died | 20 August 1991(1991-08-20) (aged 77) |
Nationality | Indian |
Education | M.A. |
Alma mater | Ravenshaw College Patna University |
Occupation(s) | Administrator; UGC distinguished visiting professor, Utkal University |
Awards | Jnanpith Award Padma Bhushan |
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