Byasakabi Fakir Mohan Senapati
April 13, 2023 ⚊ 1 Min read ⚊ Views 79 ⚊ BUSINESS
Fakir Mohan Senapati was an Indian scholar, poet, philosopher, and social reformer who was also known as Utkala Byasa Kabi . He was instrumental in giving the language of Odia, which is primarily spoken in the Indian state of Odisha, a unique character. Senapati is credited with founding contemporary Odia literature as well as Odia nationalism.
Senapati was referred to as the Thomas Hardy of Odisha by Mayadhar Mansingh. Although he translated works from Sanskrit, wrote poetry, and tried his hand at many different literary genres, he is now mainly recognised as the founder of contemporary Odia prose fiction. His four books, which were written between 1897 and 1915, are a reflection of Odisha’s sociocultural landscape in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The three novels Chha maana Atha Guntha, Mamu, and Prayaschita investigate the realities of social life in all of its varied manifestations,
