Eminent litterateur and academician Dr Manoranjan Mohanty passed away following cardiac arrest at his residence at Chandini Chowk here on Monday morning.
He was 66 and is survived by a son and three daughters. In the evening his cremation was held at the Satichoura cremation ground.
Mohanty had worked at Ravenshaw, Dhenkanal and Sailabala Women’s Colleges as a lecturer in the Odia Department and earned accolades. He had authored many books in Odia. ‘Darpana Samanare Duryodhana’ among them is a masterpiece.
After getting information, Justice BP Das, Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Chittaranjan Mohanty, Amaresh Patnaik and many other eminent persons visited his residence and paid their last respects to him.