Eminent litterateur and former working editor of leading Odia daily ‘The Samaja’ Manorama Mohapatra passed away in Cuttack on Saturday. She was 87. He husband Padarabinda Mohapatra, an IFS officer, had predeceased her.
She complained of chest pain and was rushed to the SCB Medical College Hospital. But she died at around 6.10 pm. She might have suffered a cardiac arrest, said SCB Hospital Emergency Officer Bhubananda Maharana.
Mohapatra was the younger daughter of former ‘Samaja’ editor late Padma Bhusan Radhanath Rath. She had won Sahitya Akademi Award and Sarala Puraskar for her writings. She has written more than 20 popular short story and poetry books.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and many other eminent personalities expressed deep grief over Mohapatra’s demise.