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GANESHWAR MISHRA

Oriya Fiction Writer, Poet, and Scholar

Born: October 28, 1942 in Puri, Orissa

Address:
Plot No. 4706/5851, Gajapati Nagar
Bhubhaneswar-751 005,Orissa
Tel: (0674) 2581030
E-mail: ganeswar_mishra@yahoo.com

With a Doctorate in English and American Literature, Ganeshwar Mishra is an outstanding figure in Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies.

His major research works in English have dealt with aspects of translation, Indian and Commonwealth literature. His Oriya literary treasure includes novels, features, translations, travelogues, book reviews and collections of poems.

His research articles have been published in the Encyclopedia of Indian Literature, New Delhi; Breaking the Circle, Coventry, 1992

Important English and Oriya publications include : Voices Against the Stone - Oriya fiction(English); An Indian in Sri Lanka (travelogue in English); 'Samudrika' (novel in Oriya); 'Canterbury Kahani' (travelogue in Oriya); 'Andhara' (collection of short stories in Oriya).

Awards :

" Orissa Sahitya Akademi
" Prajatantra Prachar Samiti
" Utkal Samman
" Bagdevi Samman
" Dharitri

A writer in prison
looks at the sky
to see seagulls
floating freely.
How far is the sea,
he wonders.

He looks at the lawn
to see dry leaves
whirling round and round
in the wind.
How far is autumn,

 

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