Manoj Das

ମନୋଜ ଦାସ ( ୨୭ ଫେବୃଆରୀ ୧୯୩୪ - ୨୭ ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୧) ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଓ ଇଂରାଜୀ ଭାଷାର ଜଣେ ଗାଳ୍ପିକ ଓ ଔପନ୍ୟାସିକ ଥିଲେ । ଏତଦ ଭିନ୍ନ ସେ ଶିଶୁ ସାହିତ୍ୟ, ଭ୍ରମଣ କାହାଣୀ, କବିତା, ପ୍ରବନ୍ଧ ଆଦି ସାହିତ୍ୟର ବିଭିନ୍ନ ବିଭାଗରେ ନିଜ ଲେଖନୀ ଚାଳନା କରିଥିଲେ । ସେ ପାଞ୍ଚଟି ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟରୁ ସମ୍ମାନଜନକ ଡକ୍ଟରେଟ୍ ଉପାଧି ଲାଭ ସହିତ ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀର ସର୍ବୋଚ୍ଚ ଅତିବଡ଼ୀ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ଦାସ ସମ୍ମାନ, ସରସ୍ୱତୀ ସମ୍ମାନ ଓ ଭାରତ ସରକାରଙ୍କଠାରୁ ୨୦୦୧ ମସିହାରେ ପଦ୍ମଶ୍ରୀ ଓ ୨୦୨୦ ମସିହାରେ ପଦ୍ମ ଭୂଷଣ ସହ ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ଫେଲୋସିପ ପାଇଥିଲେ । ସେ ଟାଇମସ ଅଫ ଇଣ୍ଡିଆ, ହିନ୍ଦୁସ୍ଥାନ ଟାଇମସ, ଦି ହିନ୍ଦୁ, ଷ୍ଟେଟ୍ସମ୍ୟାନ ଆଦି ଅନେକ ଦୈନିକ ଖବରକାଗଜରେ ଲେଖାମାନ ଲେଖିଥିଲେ ।

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Manoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Award in India, and Padma Bhusan in 2020, the third-highest Civilian Award in India for his contribution to the field of Literature & Education.
Kendra Sahitya Akademi has bestowed its highest award (also India's highest literary award) i.e Sahitya Akademi Award Fellowship.
In 1971, his research in the archives of London and Edinburgh brought to light some of the little-known facts of India's freedom struggle in the first decade of the twentieth century led by Sri Aurobindo for which he received the first Sri Aurobindo Puraskar (Kolkata).
His deeper quest led him to mysticism and he was an inmate of Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Puducherry since 1963 where he taught English Literature and the Philosophy of Sri Aurobindo at the Sri Aurobindo International University.