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The story marks the beginning of a new crop of women writers in Odia language such as Sarala Devi, Kuntala Kumari Sabat, Kokila Devi etc. [1] It has influenced the short story writers of Odisha at a later period. In the early 1980s, Jagadish Mohanty, wrote a story based on the protagonist character "Rebati". [6] and it made a new tradition ...
His "Rebati" (1898) is widely recognized as the first Odia short story. It is the story of a young innocent girl whose desire for education is placed in the context of a conservative society in a backward Odisha village, which is hit by the killer epidemic cholera. His other stories are "Patent Medicine", "Daka Munshi", "Adharma Bitta" etc.
Bilanka Ramayana (Odia - ବିଲଙ୍କା ରାମାୟଣ , pronounced Bilånkā Rāmāyåṇå) , also known as Vilanka Ramayana is a 15th-century retelling of the Indian epic poem, the Ramayana, written by Sarala Dasa in Odia, who dedicates the work to Sāralā Chanḍi, the tutelary goddess of Jagatsinghpur in Odisha.
His Rebati (1898) is widely recognized as the first Odia short story. Rebati is the story of a young girl whose desire for education is placed in the context of a conservative society in a backward Odisha village, which is hit by a cholera epidemic. His other stories are "Patent Medicine", "Dak Munshi", and "Adharma Bitta".
This work brought the tale of Ramayana to the Odia speaking region and it became quite popular. It faced significant opposition from the Sanskrit proponents and opponents of Odia literature. It is heavily influenced by the Jagannath culture. In multiple places the writer says that the writing is carried out by Jagannath himself.
Odia children's literature' has a long history. Its roots are in Moukhika Sishu Sahitya, which is a part of the Loka Sahitya meant for children. As its development started after modern education was implemented, Odia children's literature is divided into two categories, Odia Moukhika children's literature and Odia written children's literature.
Pratibha Ray (born 21 January 1944) is an Indian academic and writer of Odia-language novels and stories. For her contribution to the Indian literature, Ray received the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2022.
Bhagabati Charan Panigrahi (1 February 1908 – 23 October 1943) [1] was an Indian Odia writer and India’s freedom struggle revolutionary/ martyr . He was a founding member of Netaji's Forward Bloc. He was the founding secretary of Communist Party of India in Orissa. He wrote around a dozen short stories before he was mysteriously murdered ...