Pratibha Ray a great fiction writers
A Professor by profession and a writer by choice, Pratibha Ray is one of the famous fiction writers in India today. She has been writing Novels and Short stories actively in her own mother language Oriya, an ancient Indian language with rich literary heritage for the last 30 years.
Born on 21st, January 1943, at Alabol, a remote village in the Balikuda area of Cuttack district, Orissa state, Pratibha mostly attributes the boldness, the revolt and humanism in her literature to the impact of Vaishnavism, her family religion, which preaches no caste, no class and also due to the influence of her Gandhian teacher-father, Late Parashuram Das.
All her awads ...
1. Award by Ministry of Education and Social Welfare,
Government of India for a short novel for neoliterates,
1977.
2. Best film story award by Government of Orissa,
Culture Department for the film "Aparichita" based on
her novel with the same title , 1980.
3. Orissa Sahitya Academy Award for her novel
"Shilapadma", 1985.
4. Jhankara Award for best short story writing from
Prajatantra Prachar Samitee , 1989.
5. Saptarshi Award for best story writing of the year by
Sambalpur University , 1989.
6. Sarla Award for her novel "Yajnaseni", 1990.
7. Moorti Devi Award by Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi
for the novel "Yagnaseni" , 1991.
8. Katha Prize for best story writing, Delhi 1994 & 1999.
9. Bisuva Award for lifetime literary achievement,
awarded by Prajatantra Prachar Samitee, 1995.
10. Felicitated by Bharatiya Jnanpith on the their Golden
Jubilee Celebration for her contribution to Indian
literature, 1995.
11. Outstanding Oriya literary award from Orissa Society
of Americas, USA, 1995.
12. Best film story Award by Government of Orissa,
Culture Department for her story "MOKSH" which also
won Best Regional Film Award from Govt. of India, in
1996.
13. Rastriya Ekta Puruskar, from Foundation for Amity
and National Solidarity Committee, New Delhi for
National Integration through literature, 1999.
14. KAPILASH AWARD from District Council of Culture,
Dhenkanal, Department of Culture, Govt. of Orissa, 2000.
15. KENDRIYA SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD ,2000 for her
short story collection " ULLANGHAN" .
I like the book "Yajnaseni: The Story of Draupadi"...This is must read book to all women ;)
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Suresh Behera
web site is excellent
Posted by: arun kumar nayak | August 08, 2006 at 03:13 PM
Prativa ray, the pride of Orissa, I am proud that I belongs to her family, but unfortunate to read her latest book, as I am staying at Abu Dhabi,Orissa govt should take more initiative for their people who are staying abroud,at least in every air port there should be a oriya magazines stall,
Saugat Nayak
S/o Banabihari Nayak
M-9 Baramunda.
Bhubaneswar
Posted by: saugat nayak | May 01, 2008 at 08:48 AM