Satchidananda routray biography templates

Writer from Odisha, India

Sachidananda Routray (13 May – 21 August ) was an Indian poet, novelist and short-story writer who wrote in Odia. He received Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award of India, in He was popularly known as Biplabi Kabi (revolutionary poet) Sachi Routray.^[1]

Life

Routray was born in Gurujang, near Khurda on 13 May ^[2] He was brought up and educated in Bengal.

He married a Telugu princess from the royal family of Golapalli.^[1]

Routray started writing poems from the age of eleven.^[1] He was also involved in freedom struggle while in school. Some of his poems were banned by British Raj for revolutionary content.

He died in Cuttack on 21 August ^[1]

Works

He started his writing career through " patheya " (1st poetry) in In , Routray became very famous among Odia readers when he published Baji Rout, a long poem that celebrated the martyrdom of a boatman boy who succumbe