Brahmotri Mohanty
Appearance
Brahmotri Mohanty | |
---|---|
Born | 1934 Puri |
Died | 30 June 2010 | (aged 75–76)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Indian |
Notable works | Drushtira Dyuti |
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award |
Spouse | Bijaykrushna Mohanty |
Brahmotri Mohanty (née Pattanayak) (1934 - 30 June 2010) was an Odia writer who writes in Odia. She has written numerous collections of poems. She is best known for her poetry collection Drushtira Dyuti for which she won Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983.[1][2]
Personal life
[edit]She was born at Puri in a Hindu Karan family on 1934.[3] She is married to a Bijaykrushna Mohanty, an Odisha sahitya akademi award winner. She died aged 76.[4]
Career
[edit]Her first poem was published in 1950. Her poems have been published in many Odia periodicals. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1972. [citation needed]
Published works
[edit]- Mahanti, Brahmotri (2004). Cirantana = Chirantana (in Odia). ISBN 81-7400-398-3. OCLC 905490027.
- Mahanti, Brahmotri (2001). Pradakshina (in Odia). Odisa Buk Shtora. ISBN 81-7400-324-X. OCLC 51265034.
- Mahanti, Brahmotri (1995). Srotasvati (in Odia). Odisa Buk Shtora. ISBN 81-7400-120-4. OCLC 38898490.
- Mahanti, Brahmotri (1972). Abatarana (in Odia). Je. Mahapatra. OCLC 46465539.
- Mahanti, Brahmotri (2002). Uttarana (in Odia). Granthamandira. OCLC 51163634.
- Mahanti, Brahmotri (2003). Nirikshana (in Odia). Sahitya Sangraha Prakasana. OCLC 55078535.
References
[edit]- ^ Tharu, S.J.; Lalita, K.; City University of New York (1991). Women Writing in India: The twentieth century. Women Writing in India Vol. II. Feminist Press at the City University of New York. p. 392. ISBN 978-1-55861-029-3. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Odisha Sahitya Akademi". Odisha Sahitya Akademi (in Odia). Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ^ Zide, A.R.K. (1993). In Their Own Voice: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary Indian Women Poets. A Penguin original. Penguin Books. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-14-015643-0. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- ^ "Writer Brahmotri Mohanty passes away". The Hindu. 2 July 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2010 deaths
- People from Puri
- Indian women poets
- Poets from Odisha
- Odia-language poets
- Women writers from Odisha
- Recipients of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award
- 20th-century Indian women writers
- 20th-century Indian poets
- 21st-century Indian women writers
- 21st-century Indian writers
- 21st-century Indian poets