Shantiniketan and Other Poems

Among the front ranking writers of Odisha today Dr. Manorama Biswal Mohapatra certainly occupies a dignified position. A Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan product, the prolific writer has penned and published 40 collections of Poems and lyrics, 30 literary works for children during her creative career spanning over five decades. Besides this a number of Academic works were also published. She was Formerly Professor of Odia Language and Literature. Manorama is a member of a number of coveted literary fora including the Central and State Sahitya Akademies. She has won numerous awards like State Sahitya Academy for her poetry “Phalguni Tithira Jhia”. She had the honour of participating in the World Congress of Poets in Greece, and international Literary Seminars in London, Sweden, New York, Mauritius, Bangladesh, Nepal etc. Her Poetry Books have been translated to all Indian languages such as English, Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Urdu, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, French, Maithili and Marathi etc. She has also been honoured by the Punjab Kala Sahitya Akademy, Amritsar for her lifetime achievement of Children’s Literature. Recipient of several prestigious awards for literary excellence, and got senior fellowship from Govt. of India, New Delhi. Quite a few of her lyrics have been made into remarkable audio-visual CD by T. Series.