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| birth_date = {{birth date|1920|02|20|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Prataplaxmanpur, Bhanjanagar, [[Ganjam District|Ganjam]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|09|29|1920|02|20|df=yes}}<br />
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| occupation = Educationist, Writer<br />
| language = [[Odia Language|Odia]], [[Sanskrit]]<br />
| education = Post Graduate<br />
| alma_mater = [[Utkal University]] <br />
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| genre = Poetry Criticism, Interpretation, Prayers and devotions <br />
| subject = Odia culture<br />
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| notableworks = Jagannatha keertanam <br />
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| children = Debu Brahma , Dr. Mamata Brahma<br />
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| awards = Sarala Samman , Orissa Sahitya Akademi <ref name="The Times of India 2011">{{cite web | title=Gouri Kumar Brahma dead - Bhubaneswar News | website=The Times of India | date=2011-09-30 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Gouri-Kumar-Brahma-dead/articleshow/10179052.cms | access-date=2020-04-23|quote=Brahma had received Orissa Sahitya Akademi and Sarala Samman for his contribution to the field of literature.}}</ref><br />
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'''Gouri Kumar Brahma''' (20 February 1920 – 29 September 2011) was an academician, literary critic, orator and writer. His works are mainly in Odia and Sanskrit. He was popular for his talks on [[Jagannath]] culture and literature of [[Upendra Bhanja]] in Odia, English Sanskrit and Hindi.<ref name=samaja>{{cite news|last=ମହାପାତ୍ର|first=ଖଗେଶ୍ୱର|title=ପ୍ରଫେସର ଗୌରୀକୁମାର ବ୍ରହ୍ମା: ଏକ ସସ୍ନେହ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିପାତ|newspaper=ସମାଜ|date=୨୯ ସେପ୍ଟେମ୍ବର ୨୦୧୪}}</ref> He died at [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/10084-gauri-kumar-brahma-passes-away-.html |title=Gauri Kumar Brahma passes away |first= |last=|work=dailypioneer.com|quote=Pandit Gauri Kumar Brahma passed away at the Vivekanand Hospital here at about 1.30 pm on Thursday. |accessdate=14 December 2012}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and family ==<br />
Gourikumar's father was Chandrasekhar Brahma and Mother was Savitri Devi. His birthplace was at Prataplaxmanpur village of Bhanjanagar.<ref name=samaja/> He got his early education in Ganjam district. He got his post graduate degree from [[Utkal University]].While he was a student he studied classical literatures in Odia as well as Sanskrit such as [[Amarakosha]], [[Kumara Sambhavam]], [[Raghuvaṃśa]], [[Meghadutam]], [[Shishupala Vadha]], [[Kirātārjunīya]], Shiddhanta Darpana, Geeta Govinda, Bhagabata, Saptachandi.<ref name=samaja/> He was married to Satyabhama, daughter of Poet [[Godabarish Mohapatra]].<ref>{{cite book|last=ଗୌରୀ କୁମାର ବ୍ରହ୍ମା|first=ବିବେକାନନ ପାଣିଗ୍ରାହୀ|title=ଗୋଦାବରୀଶ ରଚନାବଳୀ- ପ୍ରଥମ ଖଣ୍ଡ|date=2012-04-01|publisher=Granthamandir|location=କଟକ|language=or|page=13}}</ref><br />
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== Career==<br />
He served as a teacher for some time at kazipur and [[Digapahandi]]. He worked as a lecturer in Odia. He also served as Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Odisha Sangita nataka Akademi and Odisha Lalitakala Akademi.<ref name="Dutt Sahitya Akademi 1999 p. 192">{{cite book | last=Dutt | first=K.C. | author2=Sahitya Akademi | title=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: A-M | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | series=Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999 | year=1999 | isbn=978-81-260-0873-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QA1V7sICaIwC&pg=PA192 | access-date=2020-04-23 | page=192}}</ref> He served as deputy Director of Department of Culture and Tourism, Government Of Odisha. he also served as chief tourism adviser to Government of Odisha. He retired as a [[Reader (academic rank)|Reader]] of Odia at Ravenshaw College.<ref name="News18 2011-1">{{cite web | title=Eminent Scholar Gouri Brahma passes away | website=News18 | date=2011-09-30 | url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/eminent-scholar-gouri-brahma-passes-away-405444.html | access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref><br />
Throughout his career he wrote a number of critiques, interpretations on Odia literature such as on works of [[Upendra Bhanja]] , [[Abhimanyu Samanta Sinhara]] and others. He has been described as a "incomparable orator".<ref name="News18 2011-2">{{cite web | title=Eminent Scholar Gouri Brahma passes away | website=News18 | date=2011-09-30 | url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/eminent-scholar-gouri-brahma-passes-away-405444.html | access-date=2020-04-23|quote=Governor M C Bhandare described him as an incomparable orator whose command over Oriya literature and language, especially Kavi Samrat Upendra Bhanja’s works, was unparalled.}}</ref> He has been given epithets such as ''Purusha Saraswati'', ''Sahitya Martanda'', ''Kabi Kokila'', ''Utkala Vachaspati''.<ref name=samaja/><br />
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==Awards==<br />
* Utkal Ratna, 2007<br />
* [[Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman]], 1998<br />
* Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award <ref name="The Times of India 2011"/><br />
* Sarala Sammana <ref name="The Times of India 2011"/><br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Tapasvini o Mehera sahitya | publisher=Odisa Buk Haus | year=1963 | oclc=18753887 | language=or}}<br />
* {{cite book | author=Saraladasa | last2=Mahanty | first2=Artavallabha | last3=Brahma | first3=Gourikumar | title=Sarala Mahabharata | year=1965 | oclc=28007165 | language=or}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Odia kabitara chanda| year=1967 | oclc=31063582 | language=or }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Radhanathanka Usha | publisher=Je. Mahapatra | year=1969 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=46369579 | language=or }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Chinta o chetana | publisher=Brahma | year=1970 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=18244513 | language=or }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Sakuntala o Gangadhara | publisher=Kataka shtudents shtora | year=1971 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=46546467 | language=or}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Bhanjanka nirbachana istahara | publisher=Kataka shtudentsa shtora | year=1972 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=46327127 | language=or}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Gitara prathama sloka | publisher=Sivakumara Brahma : Praptistana, Dharmagrantha Shtora, Kataka | year=1972 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=18753827 | language=or}}<br />
* {{cite book | author=Upendra Bhañja | last2=Brahma | first2=Gourikumar | title=Baidehisa bilasa | publisher=Paryyatana o Samskrtika Byapara Bibhaga, Odisa Sarakara | year=1974 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=19171574 | language=or }}<br />
* {{cite book | last1=Simha Deo | first1=Brajaraja | last2=Brahma | first2=Gourikumar | last3=Panda | first3=Bhagabana | title=Brajaraja granthabali | publisher=Rajya Paryyatana o Samskrtika Byapara Bibhaga Nirddesalaya | year=1975 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=6914586 | language=or }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Bhanja bhoomika | publisher=Dharmagrantha Shtora | year=1975 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=18599219 | language=or }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Rasakollola samiksha | publisher=Dharmagrantha Shtora | year=1976 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=8668142 | language=or }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Jagannathapuri dekhantu | publisher=Debakumara Brahma | year=1976 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=5334428 | language=or}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Odia sahityare prakruti = Nature painting in Oriya literature | publisher=Buks enda Buks | year=1978 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=17334121 | language=or }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Gopabandhu nakshatramaalaa | publisher=Brahma Prakasani | year=1988 | oclc=21525133 | language=sa}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Bhanja-pañcasika | publisher=Brahma Prakasani | year=1988 | oclc=21518123 | language=sa }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Mahatavanakstramala | publisher=Brahma Prakasani | year=1988 | oclc=21525130 | language=sa}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Samskrta-gauravam | publisher=Brahmaa Publications | year=1989 | oclc=21598928 | language=sa }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Mahatavanakstramala | publisher=Brahma Prakasani | year=1988 | oclc=615010825 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OeEzAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2020-04-23}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Sishu-geetikaa | publisher=Brahmaa Publications | year=1989 | oclc=21598899 | language=sa,en }}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Bharata-samhatih | publisher=Brahmaa Publications | year=1989 | oclc=21598860 | language=sa,en}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Bharata-gauravam | publisher=Brahma Prakasani | year=1989 | oclc=21598880 | language=sa}}<br />
* {{cite book | last1=Mahapatra | first1=Godabarisa | last2=Brahma | first2=Gourikumar | title="Niamkhunta" patrikara pratishthata-sampadaka kabi Godabarisa racanabali | publisher=Granthamandira | year=1997 | oclc=37580102 | language=or}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Srimadbhagabadgita | publisher=Satyanarayana Buk Shtora | year=1999 | isbn=9788186942154 | oclc=45799288 | language=or,sa}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Odisa-paryatana-satakam : a Sanskrit poem of 100 verses on tourism in Orissa with annotations in English | publisher=Panchashila | year=2000 | isbn=81-86942-15-7 | oclc=48266080 | language=sa,en}}<br />
* {{cite book | last=Brahma | first=Gourikumar | title=Prakrti citranare Odisara kabibrunda | publisher=Odisa Buk Shtora | year=2003 | isbn=81-7400-403-3 | oclc=56367259 | language=or}}<br />
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[[Category:1920 births]]<br />
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[[Category:People from Ganjam district]]<br />
[[Category:Odia-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]</div>
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