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Jayanta Mahapatra (22 October 1928 – 27 August 2023) was an Indian poet. 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 .
Aug 28, 2023 · Jayanta Mahapatra passed away this morning, on August 27, at the age of 95; his spouse had preceded him. WATCH Shreevatsa Nevatia paid tribute to Jayanta Mahapatra by reciting his poem titled...
Sep 1, 2023 · Poet Jayanta Mahapatra was cremated at the Khannagar crematorium of Cuttack, Odisha, on August 28. This in spite of him being a third-generation Christian, his grandfather having converted...
Jayanta Mahapatra (1928-2023) was an Indian English poet. He was the first poet from India to win an English poetry Sahitya Akademi award. He was regarded as one of the three poets, alongside A. K. Ramanujan and R. Parthasarathy, who established the foundations for Indian English poetry.
Mar 17, 2017 · Jayanta Mahapatra is a well-known Indian poet writing in English. Though he is no more active poetically (or poetically dead) as he has already produced the best he could, one or two decades ago, still, Mahapatra is the undoubtful benchmark in Indian English Poetry tradition.
May 20, 2023 · Jayanta Mahapatra’s work – many refer to him as a living legend of Indian English poetry – unyoked as it is to the artefacts of our fast-paced consumerist times, has remained essential...
Aug 28, 2023 · Renowned poet and litterateur Jayanta Mahapatra passed away at 95 in Cuttack, Odisha. He was the first Indian to win the Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry and was conferred...
