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| birth_place = [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]]<br />
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| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] : 1976<br/>[[Odisha Sahitya Academy Award]] : 1976<br />
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'''Kishori Charan Das''' (1924 – 17 August 2004), also known by his short name '''K.C. Das''', was an eminent Indian writer and translator of the [[Odia language|Odia]] and English language.<ref name="Library of Congress">{{Cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/kishoricharandas.html |title=Kishori Charan Das, 1924- |website=[[Library of Congress]] |date=11 January 2016}}</ref> He was known for his master interpretation of choices, disillusionment, and insecurities of the Odia middle class. His stories showcase realities of everyday life and do not delve into preaching morals or convey messages. He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1976 for his short story collection ''Thakura Ghara''. He was also awarded with the Sarala Puraskar in 1985 and Bishuva Puraskar in 1992. <ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: A-Devo |last=Datta |first=Amaresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ObFCT5_taSgC&pg=PA870 |year=1987 |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |isbn=978-81-260-1803-1 |page=870}}</ref><br />
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==Biography==<br />
Das was born in 1924 in [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]]. He worked as additional deputy comptroller and auditor general of India and director of audit, Indian accounts, Washington, D.C., 1961–1964.<ref name="Library of Congress"/> <br />
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He died on 17 August 2004.<ref name="Indian Literature">{{Cite journal |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23345866 |journal=[[Indian Literature (journal)|Indian Literature]] |author=Saudamini Bhuyan |title=Kishori Charan Das |volume=48 |issue=6 |year=2004 |pages=135–137|jstor=23345866 }}</ref><br />
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==Writing style==<br />
Das published several collections of short stories, novels, essays, poems.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbdjAAAAMAAJ |title=Beyond the Roots: An Anthology of Oriya Short Stories |year=1996 |publisher=National Book Trust India |isbn=978-81-237-2246-7 |page=300}}</ref> He was one of the exponents of modernism in Odia literature. The characters of his fictions come from urban setting, with disrupted dreams, inner-conflict and existential anguish.<ref name="telegraph india">{{Cite web|last=Patnaik|first=Lalmohan|date=3 March 2013|title=Odia literature's modern man|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/odia-literature-s-modern-man/cid/326850|access-date=23 March 2021|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref> Writing about the Odia society and the challenges of modern day life in post independence India where the middle class is aspirational and sometimes impatient. Although his stories begin on a simple note, they eventually reach their culmination in unexpected and surprising ways. He maintained that writing 'expresses a writer's relationship with various emotions' and 'no writing can belong to any class or community', but 'it belongs to the whole world'.<ref name="Indian Literature"/> He has also translated writings by other Oriya authors. <br />
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==Books ==<br />
===Short story===<br />
* ''Bhanga Khelana'' (1961)<br />
* ''Ghara Bahuda'' (1968)<br />
* ''Laksha Vihanga'' (1968)<br />
* ''Manihara'' (1970)<br />
* ''Thakura Ghara'' (1975)<br />
* ''Gaman'' (1980)<br />
* ''Khelara nam ranga'' (1982)<br />
* ''Bhinna Paunsha'' (1984)<br />
* ''Death of an Indian'' (1984)<br />
* ''Shita Lahara'' (1986)<br />
* ''Trango Mryutu'' (1987)<br />
* ''Nija Sanja'' (1992)<br />
* ''The Midnight Moon and other Stories'' (1993)<br />
===Poetry collection===<br />
* ''Faces in the Dark'' (1980)<br />
* ''Mana Kamana'' (1983)<br />
===Novels===<br />
* ''Satoti Dinara Sati'' (1993)<br />
* ''Neta O Netramani'' (1997)<br />
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==Honours==<br />
He was awarded the [[Odisha Sahitya Academy Award]] in 1976, Sarala Puraskar in 1985 and Bishuva Puraskar in 1992.<ref name="Library of Congress"/> He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1976 for his short story collection ''Thakura Ghara''.<ref name="telegraph india"/><br />
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The Kishori Charan Smruti Sansad was established in his honour which gives an award named Kishori Charan Das Sahitya Purashkar to an Odia writer annually since 2007.<ref name="telegraph india"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-137-05480-7_44 "Sarama’s Romance"] Short story by Kishori Charan Das<br />
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