Bhupen Mahapatra

Bhupen Mahapatra (Odia: ଭୂପେନ୍ ମହାପାତ୍ର) (born 3 August 1935) is an Odia novelist, columnist, and short story writer.
Mahapatra was born on 3 August 1935 in village Kotasahi of Jaleswar in Odisha. His father was Krittibas Das Mahapatra; his mother's name was Kshemankari. He started writing short stories in Odia during his young days and graduated to novels and travelogues. After studies, he worked with the Central Industrial Security Force, from where he retired as a Deputy Commandant.
Mahapatra has written four novels, 11 collections of short stories, two travelogues, three collections of essays, besides numerous works of translation.
Mahapatra has been active in journalism throughout his literary career. He has written regularly in various Odia journals like The Samaja, Sambad, Samaya and The Pragativadi etc. Three collections of his journalistic writings have been published.
Despite his considerable literary output, Mahapatra is better known as an organiser of literary events and administrator of literary societies. He has been a President of Odisha Cultural Academy and vice president of Odisha Research Circle. He was the founding general secretary of the Madras Utkal Association.
Mahapatra's short stories have been translated into English, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam, Assamese, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam and Rajasthani languages. His critically acclaimed short story M. K. Gandhi has been included in the English syllabus of North Maharashtra University and other Indian universities.

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