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Sitakant Mahapatra (born 17 September 1937) is a notable Indian poet and literary critic in Odia as well as English. He has also been in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) since 1961 until retiring in 1995, and has since held ''ex officio'' posts such as the Chairman of National Book Trust, New Delhi. He has published over 15 poetry collection, 5 essay collections, a travelogue, over 30 contemplative works, apart from numerous translations. His poetry collection have been published in several Indian languages. His notable works are, ''Sabdar Akash'' (1971) (The Sky of Words), ''Samudra'' (1977) and ''Anek Sharat'' (1981).〔〔 He was awarded the 1974 Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia for his poetry collection, ''Sabdar Akash'' (The Sky of Words).〔(Sahitya Akademi Award winners in Oriya ) ''Sahitya Akademi''〕 He was awarded the Jnanpith Award in 1993 "for outstanding contribution to Indian literature" and in its citation the Bharatiya Jnanpith noted, "Deeply steeped in western literature his pen has the rare rapturous fragrance of native soil"; he was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2002 and Padma Vibhushan in 2011 for literature apart from winning the Soviet Land Nehru Award, Kabeer Samman and several other prestigious awards.〔Jnanpith, p. 18〕 ==Early life and education== Born in 1937 in village Mahanga, situated on the banks of Chitrotpala, a tributary of the great Mahanadi,〔Jnanpith, p. 19〕 Sitakant Mahapatra grew up reciting a chapter of Odia version of Bhagwad Gita in a traditional household. After his schooling from Korua government high school, he chose to join Ravenshaw College, Cuttack (then affiliated with Utkal University), where he did his B.A. in History Honours 1957, this was followed by master's degree in Political Science from Allahabad University in 1959. During that time, he was the editor of the university journal. It was here that he started writing both in English and Odia, though later he decided to write poetry solely in his native, Odia realising that "a poet can express himself only in the language in which he dreams", his scholastic works however are in English.〔 In 1969, he did a Dip. Overseas Development Studies at Cambridge University, under the Colombo Plan Fellowship.〔〔(Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra ) Mumbai MTNL〕 Subsequently, in 1988 he spent a year in Harvard University as a participant in the Ford Foundation fellowship programme. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sitakant Mahapatra」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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