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{{Short description|Indian poet from Odisha}}
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{{Infobox writer 
| name = Brajanath Ratha<br />ବ୍ରଜନାଥ ରଥ
| image = Brajanath Ratha.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Ratha with awards, 2011
| pseudonym =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|01|12}}
| birth_place = Sunhat, [[Balasore]], [[Odisha]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|05|31|1936|01|12}}
| death_place = Sunhat, Balasore, Odisha
| occupation = Poet, writer, essayist, social activist
| genre = Poetry, [[philosophical fiction|philosophical]], satire
| language = [[Odia language|Odia]]
| nationality = Indian
| movement =
| notableworks = Samanya Asamanya, Manara Manachitra
| awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Odisha Sahitya Academy Award]] (1984)
*[[Atibadi Jagannath Das award]] (2012)
}}
| subject =
| influenced =
| signature = Signature_Brajanath_Ratha_or.png
| signature_alt = Brajanath Rath's Signature
| spouse = Pushpalata Devi
| children =
}}

'''Brajanath Ratha''' (12 January 1936 – 31 May 2014) was an Indian poet who wrote in [[Odia language|Odia]].<ref name="TelegraphIndia20110614">{{cite news |title=Poet's way of treasuring the past |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110614/jsp/orissa/story_14110390.jsp |newspaper=The Telegraph (Calcutta)|date=14 June 2011 |access-date=14 July 2012}}</ref> Brajanath Ratha is internationally recognised and is the recipient of many prestigious awards like the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award, Vishuba Award, Gokarnika Award, First Shudramuni Sahitya Award and Honoured by South Korea's Ambassador, from Global Cooperation Society International, Seol, [[Republic of Korea]] for Contribution in World welfare, Cooperation and Services.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/58913/eminent-odisha-poet-brajanath-ratha-dies/ |title=Eminent Odisha poet Brajanath Ratha passes away |publisher=OdishaSunTimes.com |date= |access-date=31 May 2014}}</ref>

Ratha was awarded with Tagore Literature Awards in 2010 for Samanya Asamanya,<ref name="AfterNoonDc2010">{{cite web |title=Tagore Literature Awards 2010 |url=http://www.afternoondc.in/book-review/tagore-literature-awards-2010/article_24313 |publisher=Afternoon DC |date=9 May 2011 |access-date=14 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302115822/http://www.afternoondc.in/book-review/tagore-literature-awards-2010/article_24313 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> a poetry collection containing three types of poems: progressive, [[satire|satirical]] and philosophical. This unique collection carries the message of hope to mankind. His first poem was written to welcome [[Independence Day (India)|India's independence]] in 1947. He has been conferred with the highest honours from the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for Manara Manachitra (Map of the Mind) to the Silver Jubilee Award for poetry by Prajatantra Prachar Samiti, [[Cuttack]].

==Selected works==

===Poetry===
* Marugolap (1960)<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: devraj to jyoti, Volume 2 |year=1988 |editor=Amaresh Datta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1592 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |volume=2 |page=1592 |isbn=9788126011940 |access-date=14 July 2012}}</ref>
* Nijaswa Sanlap (1969)
* Nishabda Pratibad (1977)
* Sabhyatara Munha (1979)
* Manara Manachitra (1984)<ref>{{cite web |title=Orissa Sahitya Academy Awarded Books and Writers |url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/OR-Annual-2009/pdf/ora-1.pdf |publisher=orissa.gov.in |date=2009 |access-date=14 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318073410/http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/OR-Annual-2009/pdf/ora-1.pdf |archive-date=18 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* He Mahajibana! (1991)
* Laghu Sataka (1993)
* He Mora Swadesh! (1997)
* Gadigadi Gali Ball (2001)
* Swanirbachita Kabita (2001)
* Samayara Shabdalipi (2007)<ref>{{cite web |title=Samayara shabdalipi |url=http://nationallibrary.gov.in/showdetails.php?id=126218 |publisher=National Library |access-date=14 July 2012}}</ref>
* Samanya Asamanya (2007)<ref name="TelegraphIndia20110614" />
* Eka Eka Ekapadi (2009)

==Awards and honours==

===Awards===
* Vishuba Silver jubilee Award, 1974; for poetry by Prajatantra Prachar Samiti, [[Cuttack]].
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Odia|Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award]], 1984; for "Manara Manachitra" (poetry)
* Kabishekhar Chintamani Award, 1995;
* Justice Harihara Mohapatra Smaraka Award, 1996;
* Vishuba Award, 1997;
* Gokarnika Award, 1999;
* Punarnaba Anadi-Ananta Kabita Award, 2002;
* First Shudramuni Sahitya Award, 2009; By Sea-Shore Sahitya Academy, [[Bhubaneswar]], Odisha.
* 1st Tagore Literature Awards, 2010; for ''Samanya Asamanya'' (poetry collection) by Kendra Sahitya Akademi.<ref name="AfterNoonDc2010" />

===Honors===
* Sarala Smaraka Samman, 1983;
* Kalahandi Samman, 1993;
* Shriparna Samman, 1998; Puri.
* Gangadhar Meher Kabita Samman, 1999; From Utkala Sahitya Samaj, Cuttack.
* Utkalashri Samman, 2001; From Utkal-Sahitya Kala Parishad, Cuttack.
* Jibana Ranga Samman, 2001; Cuttack.
* Dasharathi Pattnayak Library Trust Samman, 2002; Udaypur, [[Nayagarh]].
* Kunjabana Sahitya Samman, 2002; Dasapalla, Nayagarh.
* Sahitya-Bharati Samman, 2003; From Gangadhar Ratha Foundation.
* Vishuba Samman, 2003; From Kalinga Sanskrutika Parishada, JKPur, [[Rayagada]].
* Vishuba Samman, 2004; From Aadarsha Pathagara, Rourkela.
* Sahitya Samman, 2005; From Kharashrota Sanskrutika Parishada, Kandiahat, Kendrapada.
* Nandkishore Samal Smruti Samman, 2005; Kusupur, Cuttack.
* Janasudha PujyaPuja Samman, 2005; Cuttack.
* Kalia Panigrahi Smruti Samman, 2005; From Kalinga Sahitya Samaj, Brahmapur, [[Ganjam]].
* Sahityaka Ananta Prasad Panda Shatadhi Samman, 2006; Cuttack.
* Baishakhi Samman, 2006; [[Rourkela]].
* Bharatchandra Nayak Smruti Sahitya Samman, 2006; From [[Sambalpur University]].
* Shishu Sahitya Sansad Samman, 2007; [[Jaleswar]].
* Kabi Ramakrushna Sahu Smruti Samman, 2007; [[Baripada]].
* Kabi Sacchiroutray Sahitya Samman, 2007; From Bhubaneswar Bookfare.
* Pujyapuja Samman, 2007; From Fakirmohan University.
* Sagarika Sahitya Samman, 2007;
* Kabi Jayashankar Prasad Rashtriya Sahitya Samman, 2007; By Rashtriya Hindi Akademi, [[Kolkata]].
* Kabi Chakrabarti Brajanath badajena Samman, 2007; [[Dhenkanal, India|Dhenkanal]].
* Hirak Jayanti Samman, 2008; By Fakirmohan Sahitya Parishada.
* Subarna Jayanti Samman, 2009; From Pragati Utkala Sangha, [[Rourkela]].
* Abasara Saraswata Pratibha Samman, 2009; Basudevpur, Bhadrak.
* Honoured by South Korea's Ambassador, 2010; From Global Cooperation Society International, Seol, Republic of Korea for Contribution in World welfare, Cooperation and Services.
* Chhatragourav Samman, 2010; by [[Fakir Mohan University]].
* Dibya Sevanidhi Samman, 2010; by Dibya Jiban Sangha, [[Balasore]].
* '''Doctor of Literature (Honoris Causa) (D. Litt.)''' by Fakirmohan University, Baleswar in the year 2011.
* Sahitya Bharati Samman – 2011

==See also==
* [[Odia literature]]
* [[Odia language]]
* [[List of Indian writers]]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUYK_bysKiQ&lc=z12qw1vj5xabdpne222ctvgqxlzgsnqzb04 Manu Dash interviews Brajanath Rath]

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[[Category:Poets from Odisha]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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