Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoonka Smaraniya Ramya Rachanabali Odia Book

 Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo (22 December 1926 – 25 June 2016), surname also spelt Sahu, was an Indian Odia language short story writer. He received several literary awards over his career, including the 1979 Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for Akasha Patala, and the 1983 Sarala Award and the 1984 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia, for Abhisapta Gandharba. Sahoo died on 25 June 2016 after multiple organ failures.

Sahoo wrote various short stories in Odia language. His popular works include Prema Tribhuja (1952), Michha Bagha (1955), Srunantu Sarbe Amrutasya Putra (1957), Ganjei O’ Gabesana (1961), Andha Ratira Surya (1965) and more. He also published novel; Dhara O Dhara, Tamasi Radha and Hansa Mithuna.Sahoo also wrote one-act and children's plays.[4] His 1979 book Akasha Patala (literally "Heaven and Hell") won him the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award. The short story compilation Abhisapta Gandharba (literally "The Cursed Gandharva") received the Sarala Award in 1983, followed by a Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia in 1984. The book was translated into Hindi by Siddharth Mansingh Mahapatra in 1992.

From 1965 to 1969, Sahoo edited and wrote for the magazine Jhankara. He was also the editor of other periodicals such as Utkala Prasanga and Orissa Review from 1975 to 1978. In Jhankara, he often wrote on philosophies of Sri Aurobindo.He translated Aurobindo's Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol and delivered lectures on Aurobindo, Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Swami Vivekananda.

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