Sachidananda Routray (13 May 1916 – 21 August 2004) was an Indian poet, novelist and short-story writer who wrote inOdia. He receivedJnanpith Award, the highest literary award of India, in 1986. He was popularly known asBiplabi Kabi (revolutionary poet)Sachi Routray.[1]
Routray was born inGurujang, nearKhurda on 13 May 1916.[2] He was brought up and educated inBengal. He married aTelugu princess from the royal family of Golapalli.[1]
Routray started writing poems from the age of eleven.[1] He was also involved in freedom struggle while in school. Some of his poems were banned byBritish Raj for revolutionary content. He died inCuttack on 21 August 2004.[1]
He started his writing career through " patheya " (1st poetry) in 1932.In 1943, Routray became very famous among Odia readers when he publishedBaji Rout, a long poem that celebrated the martyrdom of a boatman boy who succumbed to the bullets of British police when he refused to take them in his rickety boat to cross the river Brahmani. He was a prolific poet and published as many as twenty anthologies. HisPallishri, dealing with village life inOdisha, is as successful as his poemPratima Nayak that portrays the suffering and the predicament of a city girl. He belonged to a group of writers who called themselves 'poets of the people'.[1]
Routray also published a few poems with religion as their theme.
"Chhota Mora Gan Ti" was written by Routray. This topic is now taught by most of the teachers in Odisha.
^"SACHI ROUTRAY".orissadiary.com. 2012. Archived fromthe original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved23 May 2012.Sachi Routray was born in Gurujang near Khurda on May 13, 1916.
