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| name = Manoranjan Das<br />
| image = Manoranjan das.jpg<br />
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| birth_name = Babu<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|07|23|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Cuttack district]], [[42 mauza]], patana, [[Odisha]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|02|17|1923|07|23|df=y}}<ref name=obit>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-19/bhubaneswar/37179358_1_contemporary-theatre-naveen-patnaik-padma-shri|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004224758/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-19/bhubaneswar/37179358_1_contemporary-theatre-naveen-patnaik-padma-shri|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 October 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Playwright Manoranjan Das dead|access-date=14 March 2015}}</ref><br />
| death_place = Cuttack district, Odisha, India<br />
| occupation = [[playwright]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]]n<br />
| movement = [[modernism]], [[Experimental literature|experimentalism]]<br />
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| spouse = Kusum Kumari Das<br />
| children = Punyasloka, Sabita,<br /> Sujata, Sikata<br />
| awards = [[Padma Shri]], <br />[[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Academy]]<br />
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'''Manoranjan Das''' (23 July 1923 – 17 February 2013) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.srjan.com/moreaward.aspx?awardid=37&events=4|title=SRJAN, Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Odissi Nrityabasa|work=srjan.com|quote=Manoranjan Das was born on July 23, 1923.|access-date=7 January 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322045953/http://www.srjan.com/moreaward.aspx?awardid=37&events=4|archive-date=22 March 2014}}</ref> was an influential [[India]]n [[dramatist]], and pioneer of [[modernism]] in [[Odia Literature]]. He was known for his [[Experimental literature|experimentalism]] and deep socio-political awareness, who became most known in the 1960s with his experimental theatre.<ref name=sa>[[#Sa|Sachidanandan, p. 147-148]]</ref><ref>[[#Go|George, p. 525]]</ref><br />
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Amongst his most known work are, ''Kathagodha'' (The Wooden Horse) and ''Aranya Fasal'' (The Wild Harvest), which won him the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1971). In a career spanning over four decades, his plays include ''Janmamati'' (Land of Birth) written in 1943 and his latest ''Nandika Kesari'' which appeared in 1985.<ref>[[#En|McGraw-Hill, p. 40]]</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=ORIYA: Himansu Mohapatra|url=http://www.hindu.com/lr/2010/03/07/stories/2010030750080200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604183247/http://www.hindu.com/lr/2010/03/07/stories/2010030750080200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 June 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=7 March 2010}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
[[File:Manoranjan Das marg.jpg|alt=Manoranjan Das marg|thumb|A street in 42 muza, patana, dedicated to Sri [[Manoranjan Das]]. ]]<br />
Born in 1923 in a village (named "Patana,42-Mouza, Cuttack sadar") near [[Cuttack]], he did his schooling in Kunjang near [[Paradip]], completing his intermediate in 1942. Thereafter he joined [[Ravenshaw College]] in Cuttack.<ref name=sa/><br />
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==Career==<br />
He joined [[All India Radio]] where he rose to the level of Producer Emeritus. During his literary career, he has written 14 other plays, including ''Aranya Fasal'' (The Wild Harvest), which won him the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] given [[Sahitya Akademi]], India's National Academy of Letters in 1971,<ref>[http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10315.htm#oriya Sahitya Akademi Awards 1955-2007:Oriya] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223034947/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/old_version/awa10315.htm |date=2010-02-23 }} [[Sahitya Akademi]] official website.</ref> and the [[Padma Shri]] by [[Government of India]] in 2004.<ref>[http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php Padma Shri Awardees] [[Government of India]] website.</ref><br />
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His other plays are ''Jauban'' (Youth), ''August Na'' (The Ninth August 1947), ''Baxi Jagabandhu'' (The Sacrifice of Jagabandhu), ''Agami'' (The Oncoming), Abarodha (The Seize), ''Kathagodha'' (The Wooden Horse), and ''Sabdalipi'' (The Word-script).<br />
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==Works==<br />
* ''Smriti samlap'' (autobiography). Friends Publishers, 1999; {{ISBN|81-7401-274-5}}.<br />
* ''Ten essays on poet, poetry and psychology''. Future Publications, 2005.<br />
* ''Aranya Fasal''. Sahitya Akademi Publications, 2001; {{ISBN|81-260-1213-7}}.<br />
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==Works in translation==<br />
* ''The Wooden Horse: drama''. Pub. Bookland International (1982)<br />
* ''The Wild Harvest''. Translated by [[Prabhat Nalini Das]]. Pub. [[Sahitya Akademi]], 1993; {{ISBN|81-72014-36-8}}<br />
* ''A game of words: a play''. tr. by Bibhu Padhi, Guru Charan Behera. Pub. Prachi Prakashan, 1997; {{ISBN|81-85824-05-3}}<br />
* ''A ray's rope''. Pub. Ila Das, 1997.<br />
*{{cite book|title=The ninth of August: a play|author=Arun Kymar Mohanty|others=J. K. Nayak (tr.)|year=1998|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-260-0484-3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXyDZbF-xzUC&q=Manoranjan+Das}}<br />
* ''Nandika Keshari: (Sarala award winning play)''. tr by [[Prabhat Nalini Das]]. Prachi Prakashan (2000); {{ISBN|81-85824-12-6}}<br />
* ''Afternoon flurries''. Pub. Subarnarekha, 2002. {{ISBN|81-87467-14-2}}<br />
* ''A dialogue with memory'' (autobiography). tr. by Aruna Kumar Mohanty & J. K. Nayak. National Book Trust, India, (2002); {{ISBN|81-23739-38-9}}<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book|title=Authors speak|author=Sachidanandan|year=2006|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-26019-45-X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PGWa7v08JikC&q=Manoranjan+Das&pg=PT172|ref=Sa}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology: Plays and prose|last=George|first=K.M.|year=1994|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|isbn=81-72017-83-9|ref=Go}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of world drama (vol 2)|year=1984|publisher=Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG|isbn=0-07-079169-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zo5os6d0rvMC&q=Manoranjan+Das&pg=PA40|ref=En}}<br />
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