Eminent writer Padma Shri Binapani Mohanty will be conferred with the prestigious Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman by the Odisha Sahitya Akademi for her contribution to Odia literature.
Besides Mohanty, 15 other litterateurs will be felicitated by the Akademi.
Mohanty, who has carved a niche for herself in the field of Odia fiction writing, began her literary career as a storyteller with the publication of “Gotie Ratira Kahani” in 1960. Some of her best stories are “Pata Dei”, “Khela Ghara”, “Naiku Rasta”, “Bastraharana”, “Kasturi Murga O Sabuja Aranya” and “Michhi Michhika”.
She won Sahitya Akademi Award for “Pata Dei” in 1990 and she was awarded the Padma Shri this year.
Many of her short stories have been translated into different languages like English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Urdu, Telugu and Russian. A film made on her story “Andhakarara Chhai” had been immensely appreciated. She has also penned three novels, “Sitara Sonita”, “Manaswini” and “Kunti, Kuntala, Shakuntala”.