Jayanta Mahapatra (22 October 1928 – 27 August 2023) was an Indian poet.[1] He is the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. He was the author of poems such as "Indian Summer" and "Hunger", which are regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature. He was awarded a Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in India in 2009,[2][3] but he returned the award in 2015 to protest against rising intolerance in India.[4]
Jayanta Mahapatra was born on 22 October 1928 into a prominent Odia Christian family.[5][6] He attended Stewart School in Cuttack, Odisha. He completed his M. Sc. in Physics from Patna University, Bihar. He began his teaching career as a lecturer in physics in 1949 and taught at various government colleges in Odisha including Gangadhar Meher University, B.J.B College, Fakir Mohan University and Ravenshaw University. He superannuated at Ravenshaw University (then Ravenshaw College) and retired from his government job as the Reader in Physics in 1986.[7]
Mahapatra began his writing career in the late sixties. His short stories and poems were initially rejected by several publishers, until his poems were published in international literary journals. He was invited to participate in the International Writing Program at Iowa, which brought him international exposure.[citation needed]
Writingedit
Mahapatra was part of a trio of poets who laid the foundations of Indian English Poetry, which included A. K. Ramanujan and R. Parthasarathy.[8] He differed from the others in not being a product of Bombay school of poets. Over time, he managed to carve a quiet, tranquil poetic voice of his own, different from those of his contemporaries.[9]
Mahapatra authored 27 books of poems, of which seven are in Odia and the rest in English. His poetry volumes include Relationship, Bare Face and Shadow Space. Besides poetry, he has experimented widely with myriad forms of prose. His published books of prose include Green Gardener, an anthology of short stories and Door of Paper: Essay and Memoirs. Mahapatra was also a distinguished editor and was involved in the production of the literary magazine Chandrabhaga.[10] His poems have appeared in prestigious poetry anthologies like The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English Poetry from India,[11] published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada.[12]
Mahapatra also translated from Odia into English, and some of his translations were published in the bi-monthly literary magazine Indian Literature. Some anthologies of his translations have also been published.[13]
Deathedit
Jayanta Mahapatra died of pneumonia on 27 August 2023, at the age of 94.[14]
Awards, recognition and legacyedit
In 1981 Jayanta Mahapatra won Sahitya Akademi award for his poetry book Relationships. He became the first ever writer in English language to win Sahitya Akademi award. He is also a recipient of the Jacob Glatstein memorial award conferred by Poetry magazine, Chicago. He was also awarded the Allen Tate Poetry Prize for 2009 from The Sewanee Review. He received the SAARC Literary Award, New Delhi, 2009. He has also received Tata Literature Lifetime Achievement Award.[15] He was conferred with a Padma Shri in 2009 and awarded an honorary doctorate by Ravenshaw University on 2 May 2009. He was also awarded a D. Lit. degree by Utkal University, Odisha, in 2006. In May 2019 he became the first ever Indian English poet to become a Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi.[16]
Kanhaiya Lal Sethia Award for Poetry – 2017 (Jaipur Literature Festival)[17]
RL Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award for Poetry, 2013, Hyderabad.
Second Prize – International Who's Who in Poetry, London, 1970.
Jacob Glatstein Memorial Award – Poetry, Chicago, 1975.
Visiting Writer – International Writing Program, Iowa City 1976–77.
2001: Bijay Kumar Das, The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra: 3rd revised and enlarged edition; New Delhi: Atlantic, ISBN81-7156-968-4[21]
2006: Jaydeep Sarangi and Gauri Shankar Jha (eds), The Indian Imagination of Jayanta Mahapatra, New Delhi: Sarup and Sons, 2006, ISBN81-7625-622-6, a compilation of critical articles.[22]
Jaydeep Sarangi, Jayanta Mahapatra Joy of Living and Loving in His Poetry, Aavishkar Publishers' Distributors, 2012, ISBN8179103749. Printed INR: 600.00, hardcover, 162 pp.
Zinia Mitra, Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra Imagery and Experiential Identity, Authorspress,2012,ISBN978-81-7273-655-2 Hardcover, INR:500,172pp
The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra: Themes & Imagery by Vivekanand Jha, New Delhi: Authorspress,2013 ISBN978-8172736736[23]
Shiba Shankar Nath,"The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra:A Study in Imagery", Delhi:Authorspress,2014,ISBN978-81-7273-897-6.Printed INR: 700.00, hardcover,173 pp.
Rock Pebbles, Vol. XV No.1, January–June 2011(a special issue on Jayanta Mahapatra) ISSN 0975-0509
2018: Jayanta Mahapatra: A Reader, Ed. Durga Prasad Panda, New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, ISBN 978-93-87567-66-5
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External linksedit
Interview with Jayanta Mahapatra – A doyen of Indian-English poetry (The Hindu, 2019)
May 08, 2024
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Jayanta Mahapatra news newspapers books scholar JSTOR May 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Jayanta Mahapatra 22 October 1928 27 August 2023 was an Indian poet 1 He is the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry He was the author of poems such as Indian Summer and Hunger which are regarded as classics in modern Indian English literature He was awarded a Padma Shri the fourth highest civilian honour in India in 2009 2 3 but he returned the award in 2015 to protest against rising intolerance in India 4 Jayanta MahapatraBorn 1928 10 22 22 October 1928Cuttack Bihar and Orissa Province British IndiaDied27 August 2023 2023 08 27 aged 94 Cuttack Odisha IndiaOccupationIndian English poet Teacher of PhysicsYears active1970 2023Notable worksRelationship 1980 Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Padma ShriParentsLemuel Mohapatra Sudhansubala DashSignature Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Writing 3 Death 4 Awards recognition and legacy 5 Poetry readings 6 Books by Jayanta Mahapatra 7 Further reading 8 See also 9 Notes 10 External linksEarly life and education editJayanta Mahapatra was born on 22 October 1928 into a prominent Odia Christian family 5 6 He attended Stewart School in Cuttack Odisha He completed his M Sc in Physics from Patna University Bihar He began his teaching career as a lecturer in physics in 1949 and taught at various government colleges in Odisha including Gangadhar Meher University B J B College Fakir Mohan University and Ravenshaw University He superannuated at Ravenshaw University then Ravenshaw College and retired from his government job as the Reader in Physics in 1986 7 Mahapatra began his writing career in the late sixties His short stories and poems were initially rejected by several publishers until his poems were published in international literary journals He was invited to participate in the International Writing Program at Iowa which brought him international exposure citation needed Writing editMahapatra was part of a trio of poets who laid the foundations of Indian English Poetry which included A K Ramanujan and R Parthasarathy 8 He differed from the others in not being a product of Bombay school of poets Over time he managed to carve a quiet tranquil poetic voice of his own different from those of his contemporaries 9 Mahapatra authored 27 books of poems of which seven are in Odia and the rest in English His poetry volumes include Relationship Bare Face and Shadow Space Besides poetry he has experimented widely with myriad forms of prose His published books of prose include Green Gardener an anthology of short stories and Door of Paper Essay and Memoirs Mahapatra was also a distinguished editor and was involved in the production of the literary magazine Chandrabhaga 10 His poems have appeared in prestigious poetry anthologies like The Dance of the Peacock An Anthology of English Poetry from India 11 published by Hidden Brook Press Canada 12 Mahapatra also translated from Odia into English and some of his translations were published in the bi monthly literary magazine Indian Literature Some anthologies of his translations have also been published 13 Death editJayanta Mahapatra died of pneumonia on 27 August 2023 at the age of 94 14 Awards recognition and legacy editIn 1981 Jayanta Mahapatra won Sahitya Akademi award for his poetry book Relationships He became the first ever writer in English language to win Sahitya Akademi award He is also a recipient of the Jacob Glatstein memorial award conferred by Poetry magazine Chicago He was also awarded the Allen Tate Poetry Prize for 2009 from The Sewanee Review He received the SAARC Literary Award New Delhi 2009 He has also received Tata Literature Lifetime Achievement Award 15 He was conferred with a Padma Shri in 2009 and awarded an honorary doctorate by Ravenshaw University on 2 May 2009 He was also awarded a D Lit degree by Utkal University Odisha in 2006 In May 2019 he became the first ever Indian English poet to become a Fellow of the Sahitya Akademi 16 Kanhaiya Lal Sethia Award for Poetry 2017 Jaipur Literature Festival 17 RL Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award for Poetry 2013 Hyderabad Second Prize International Who s Who in Poetry London 1970 Jacob Glatstein Memorial Award Poetry Chicago 1975 Visiting Writer International Writing Program Iowa City 1976 77 Cultural Award Visitor Australia 1978 Japan Foundation Visitor s Award Japan 1980 Poetry readings editOutside India University of Iowa Iowa City 1976 University of Tennessee Chattanooga 1976 University of the South Sewanee 1976 East West Center Honolulu Hawaii 1976 Adelaide Festival of Arts Adelaide 1978 P E N Centre Sydney 1978 Australian National University Canberra 1978 International Poets Conference Tokyo 1980 Asian Poets Conference Tokyo 1984Books by Jayanta Mahapatra editPoetry 1971 Close the Sky Ten by Ten Calcutta Dialogue Publications 18 1971 Svayamvara and Other Poems Calcutta Writers Workshop 18 1976 A Father s Hours Delhi United Writers 18 1976 A Rain of Rites Georgia University of Georgia Press 18 ISBN 9780820303970 OL 5212793M 1979 Waiting Pune Samkaleen Prakashan 18 1980 The False Start Bombay Clearing House 18 1980 Relationship New York Greenfield Review Press 18 2017 Collected Poems Mumbai Paperwall Publishing 19 2021 Random Descent Ketaki Foundation Trust ASIN B094ZZF9DG OL 22844719M 2022 Re reading Jayanta Mahapatra Selected Poems Black Eagle Books USA ISBN 9781645602002 2023 NOON New and Selected Poems Ketaki Foundation Trust ASIN B0C3Y76BHL Prose 1997 The Green Gardener short stories Hyderabad Orient Longman 18 OL 331803M 2006 Door of Paper Essay and Memoirs New Delhi Authorspress 18 ISBN 9788172733742 OL 16279020M 2011 Bhor Moitra Kanaphula Odia Bhubaneswar Paschima Publications 18 OL 24840744M Poetry in Odia 1993 Bali The Victim Cutack Vidyapuri 18 1995 Kahibi Goṭie Katha I ll Tell A Story Aryya Prakasana 18 OL 638161M 1997 Baya Raja The Mad Emperor Cuttack Vidyapuri 18 Bidyapuri OL 505046M 2004 Tikie Chhayee A Little Shadow Cuttack Vidyapuri 18 2006 Chali Walking Cuttack Vidyapuri 18 2008 Jadiba Gapatie Even If It s A Story Cuttack Friends Publishers 18 2011 Smruti Pari Kichhiti A Small Memory Cuttack Bijayini 18 Translations into English 1973 Countermeasures Poems Calcutta Dialogue 1976 Wings of the Past Poems Calcutta Rajasree 1981 Song of Kubja and Other Poems New Delhi Samkaleen 1994 I Can But Why Should I Go Poems New Delhi Sahitya Akademi 1996 Verticals of Life Poems New Delhi Sahitya Akademi 1998 Tapaswini a Poem Bhubaneswar Odisha Sahitya Akademi OCLC 42716375 2001 Discovery and other Poems Kolkata Writers Workshop 2003 A Time of Rising Poems New Delhi Har Anand Publishers Inclusions in anthologies A New Book of Indian Poems In English 2000 ed by Gopi Kottoor and published by Poetry Chain and Writers Workshop Calcutta Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets 1976 ed by R Parthasarathy and published by Oxford University Press New Delhi 20 Further reading edit2001 Bijay Kumar Das The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra 3rd revised and enlarged edition New Delhi Atlantic ISBN 81 7156 968 4 21 2006 Jaydeep Sarangi and Gauri Shankar Jha eds The Indian Imagination of Jayanta Mahapatra New Delhi Sarup and Sons 2006 ISBN 81 7625 622 6 a compilation of critical articles 22 Jaydeep Sarangi Jayanta Mahapatra Joy of Living and Loving in His Poetry Aavishkar Publishers Distributors 2012 ISBN 8179103749 Printed INR 600 00 hardcover 162 pp Zinia Mitra Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra Imagery and Experiential Identity Authorspress 2012 ISBN 978 81 7273 655 2 Hardcover INR 500 172pp The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra Themes amp Imagery by Vivekanand Jha New Delhi Authorspress 2013 ISBN 978 8172736736 23 Shiba Shankar Nath The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra A Study in Imagery Delhi Authorspress 2014 ISBN 978 81 7273 897 6 Printed INR 700 00 hardcover 173 pp Rock Pebbles Vol XV No 1 January June 2011 a special issue on Jayanta Mahapatra ISSN 0975 0509 2018 Jayanta Mahapatra A Reader Ed Durga Prasad Panda New Delhi Sahitya Akademi ISBN 978 93 87567 66 5See also edit nbsp Biography portal nbsp India portal nbsp Poetry portal Biodata of Jayanta Mahapatra Archived 20 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine List of Indian poetsNotes edit Sahitya Akademi Who s Who of Indian Writers Sahitya Akademi Retrieved 27 October 2015 Padma Awards PDF Ministry of Home Affairs Government of India 2015 Archived from the original PDF on 15 October 2015 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Jayanta Mahapatra returns Padma Shri protesting intolerance 23 November 2015 dead link Noted poet Jayanta Mahapatra returns Padma Shri The Times of India The Times of India 22 November 2015 Retrieved 22 November 2015 Jayanta Mahapatra Poem hunter Retrieved 16 April 2016 Jayanta Mahapatra A profile orissagateway com Archived from the original on 20 May 2007 Retrieved 9 September 2019 Muse India Jayanta Mahapatra s Profile Archived from the original on 26 October 2007 Retrieved 16 October 2007 Web page titled Jayanta Mahapatra s Profile at the Muse India Web site accessed 16 October 2007 Poets who took Indian poetry to next level Times of India 21 March 2017 Retrieved 24 January 2022 Welcome to Muse India Archived from the original on 7 November 2016 Retrieved 6 November 2016 Jayanta Mahapatra Biography niralapublications com Nirala Publications 4 January 2011 Retrieved 10 May 2022 Grove Richard The Dance of the Peacock An Anthology of English Poetry from India No current Hidden Brook Press Canada Archived from the original on 29 September 2018 Retrieved 5 January 2015 Press Hidden Brook Hidden Brook Press Hidden Brook Press Retrieved 5 January 2015 Jayanta Mahapatra Something in me refuses to die livemint com 11 January 2013 Archived from the original on 3 July 2019 Retrieved 9 September 2019 Eminent Litterateur Jayanta Mahapatra Passes Away At 95 Jayanta Mahapatra on Joy of Receiving Awards firstpost com First Post 9 December 2018 Retrieved 9 May 2022 Poet and Sahitya Akademi Award Winner Jayanta Mahapatra firstpost com First Post 1 June 2021 Retrieved 9 May 2022 Cuttack poet bags Kanhaiya Lal Sethia Award for Poetry 22 January 2017 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Bibliography in Land by Jayanta Mahapatra Authorspress 2013 COLLECTED POEMS Paperwall Retrieved 7 September 2021 Ten 20th Century Indian Poets cse iitk ac in Retrieved 23 August 2018 Vedam s Books from India website accessed 16 October 2007 Vedam s Books from India website accessed 16 October 2007 Jha Vivekanand The Poetry of Jayanta Mahapatra Themes and Imagery First ed New Delhi Authorspress p 434 ISBN 9788172736736 External links editJayanta Mahapatra s Official Homepage Interview with Jayanta Mahapatra A doyen of Indian English poetry The Hindu 2019 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jayanta Mahapatra amp 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