Poet and Sahitya Akademi Award winner Jayanta Mahapatra hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19
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Poet and Sahitya Akademi Award winner Jayanta Mahapatra hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19

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Eminent poet Jayanta Mahapatra was admitted to the Cuttack SCB Medical College and Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19. It was his poem Relationship that won the bilingual poet from Odisha the Sahitya Akademi Award for English poetry in 1981, making him the first Indian English poet to do so. In May 2019, he also became the first Indian English poet to become a Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi. — Governor Odisha June 1, 2021 ବିଶିଷ୍ଟ କବି ଶ୍ରୀ ଜୟନ୍ତ ମହାପାତ୍ର କୋଭିଡ ସଂକ୍ରମିତ ହୋଇ ହସ୍ପିଟାଲରେ ଚିକିତ୍ସିତ ହେଉଥିବା ନେଇ ଅବଗତ ହେଲି। ତାଙ୍କର ଆଶୁଆରୋଗ୍ୟ ଓ ଉତ୍ତମ ସ୍ୱାସ୍ଥ୍ୟ କାମନା କରୁଛି। — Naveen Patnaik June 1, 2021 Some of Mahapatra’s earlier works also include the collections of short stories, The Green Gardener and Door of Paper: Essay and Memoirs.

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Published : Aug 28, 2023 13:52 IST - 2 MINS READ Eminent poet and litterateur Jayanta Mahapatra passed away at a hospital in Odisha’s Cuttack on August 27. He is best known for authoring poems such as “Indian Summer” and “Hunger”, regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed deep grief on the passing …

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