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He was a pioneer in infusing socialist and communist thought into contemporary Odia poetry. He was born on May 13, 1916, in Gurujanga hamlet, close to Khurda. Sri Routray is a prominent poet, novelist, short-story writer, critic, and editor who stands out in the constellation of Odia literature. His 1943 publication of Baji Rout, a lengthy poem honouring the martyrdom of ferry boy Baji Rout, catapulted him to fame among Odia readers. He released up to twenty anthologies as a prolific poet. Both his poetry Pratima Nayak, which depicts the anguish and plight of a city girl, and his poem…

Sachidananda Routray was an Odia poet, novelist, and short-story writer (13 May 1916 – 21 August 2004). In 1986, he was given the Jnanpith Prize, India’s top literary honour. He went under the name Sachi Routray. In 1932, he began his writing career with “patheya,” his first work of poetry. When Routray released Baji Rout in 1943, a lengthy poem commemorating the martyrdom of a young boatman who was shot by British police after refusing to transport them in his frail boat to cross the Brahmani River, the poem quickly gained enormous popularity among readers of Odia. He released up…

The pocm The Boatman Boy was rendered into Enghsh m 1942 by Sri Harindrantth Chattopadhyay, one of the cmment pocts of India,along with The Dying Who Never Die and When Hunger Buins from my books Bayt Raut and Abhiyan 1 am greatly indebted to Sri Chattopadhyay for his valued help and cooperation These poems wer publ -bed first im 1942 under the name The Boatman Boy «nd Other Poerss All the above three poems have been meluded in the present volume In this edition the second part of the chapter ‘Return’ of The Boatman Boy has been added by me…

Eleven short stories of Sri Sachi Raut Roy who is undoubtedly a great writer of our times are published in the English garb under the title of “Short Stories by Sachi Raut Roy”. Written over the period from 1936 to 1969 they reflect the major themes with which Raut Roy was preoccupied : tyranny of the social order,conflicts and struggles of urban and rural life both in the pre-independent and post-independent India,frustration, loneliness and death, in short,‘lacondition humaine’. The stories depict many moods, ranging from gently satiric and ironic to the macabre,and in the classic sense tragic. Boldly delineatedand deeply…

Sacchi Routray is different came to know the poet through the collection of his poems Kavita-1962,Sahitya Akademi Award wirining anthology. The poems, some of which | have rendered into English end which heve been published in different Indian Journals, are considered milestones in modern Oriya Pootry because of thematic and technical innovations. One of his lesser known postic work is Bhanumatira esha originally Published in Oriya in 1949. This narra In theme,poem is a classic on its own meri and treatment, it presents a spectacle of rich variety found in @ heightened awareness of the beauty of neture, in the…

Verticals of Life presents in English rendering of some of the finest poems of Sachi Raut-Roy, the eminent modem Oriya poet. The poet’s roots lie in the poetic traditions in vogue in the pre – Independence era and his poetry has been successful in arousing the passions of those for whom he wrote and lived. His employment of surrealistic imagination for exploring the dreamscape of the unconscious gives his poetry a distinctive newness.The essential spirit of his poetry however comes from his intense concern for the people among whom he has lived, especially the oppressed and the downtrodden. Raut-Roy’s poems…

Sachidananda Routray was an Odia poet, novelist, and short-story writer (13 May 1916 – 21 August 2004). In 1986, he was given the Jnanpith Prize, India’s top literary honour. He went under the name Sachi Routray. In 1932, he began his writing career with “patheya,” his first work of poetry. When Routray released Baji Rout in 1943, a lengthy poem commemorating the martyrdom of a young boatman who was shot by British police after refusing to transport them in his frail boat to cross the Brahmani River, the poem quickly gained enormous popularity among readers of Odia. He released up…

He was a pioneer in infusing socialist and communist thought into contemporary Odia poetry. He was born on May 13, 1916, in Gurujanga hamlet, close to Khurda. Sri Routray is a prominent poet, novelist, short-story writer, critic, and editor who stands out in the constellation of Odia literature. His 1943 publication of Baji Rout, a lengthy poem honouring the martyrdom of ferry boy Baji Rout, catapulted him to fame among Odia readers. He released up to twenty anthologies as a prolific poet. Both his poetry Pratima Nayak, which depicts the anguish and plight of a city girl, and his poem…

On May 13, 1916, Sachidananda Routray was born in Gurujang, close to Khurda. He authored in Odia and was an Indian poet, novelist, and short story writer. In 1986, he was given the Jnanpith Prize, India’s top literary honour. He was also referred to as Sachi Routray, a revolutionary poet, or Biplabi Kabi. He went under the name Sachi Routray. Bengal is where he was born, raised, and educated. Routray began producing poetry when he was eleven years old. While still in school, he participated in the war for freedom. Due to their revolutionary tone, some of his poetry were…

Sachidananda Routray was an Odia poet, novelist, and short-story writer (13 May 1916 – 21 August 2004). In 1986, he was given the Jnanpith Prize, India’s top literary honour. He went under the name Sachi Routray. In 1932, he began his writing career with “patheya,” his first work of poetry. When Routray released Baji Rout in 1943, a lengthy poem commemorating the martyrdom of a young boatman who was shot by British police after refusing to transport them in his frail boat to cross the Brahmani River, the poem quickly gained enormous popularity among readers of Odia. He released up…