Mayadhar Mansingh

Mayadhar Mansingh
Born Mayadhar Mansingh
(1905-11-13)13 November 1905
Nandala, Odisha, India
Died 11 October 1973(1973-10-11) (aged 67)
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Resting place Cuttack
Language Odia
Nationality Indian
Citizenship Indian
Notable works Baji Rout (1939)
Konarka
Ei Sahakara tale
Children Lalit Mansingh (Son) Lalu Mansinha (son) Labanyendu (son)

Mayadhar Mansingh (13 November 1905 - 11 October 1973) was an Odia poet and writer. He received the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award in India, in 1967.

Personal life

Mansingh born in Nandala village, Krushnaprasad Tahasil of Puri district, Odisha, India.[1] He was married and had three sons and 2 daughters. His second son ,a former diplomat was Foreign Secretary of India, Lalit Mansingh.[1]

Career

Mansingh's literary contributions include essays, poetic plays and long narrative poems. He also authored several research articles on the History of Odisha.He also worked as Head of the Jnankosh Project of Utkal University. His poetic style is profuse with the use of romantic and erotic metaphor, for which he has earned the appellation "Prēmika kabi" (Lover poet) in Odia literature. He wrote books like The Saga of the Land of Jagannatha (English) which portrays vividly the ancient history of Odisha. He also wrote books in Odia like Mahatabani, Geeta Mahatmya and Sarbajanina Geeta, which were published by J. Mohapatra & co (Now Mass Media Pvt Ltd), Cuttack. The Saga of the Land of Jagannatha is published by Mass Media Pvt Ltd.[2] Some of his notable works include poems Krushna, Kamalayana,[3] Kōṇārka and Ēi sahakāra taḷē.

Mansingh authored several research articles on the history of Odia literature, a subject in which he had abiding interest. He also authored a history of the Odia language, documenting the general use of the language, as also the development of Odia literature. The treatise, Ōḍiā Sāhitẏara Itihāsa (History of Odia language), was published in 1962.[4][5]

Mansingh has also introduced some works of William Shakespeare into Odia literature.[6] He has translated Shakespeare's Hamlet and Othello into Odia.[7]

Literary contribution

Poetry

  • Dhũpa
  • Sadhaba bohu
  • Jema
  • Malayana
  • Konark
  • Pujajemi
  • Rūpadēbatā
  • Dūrē raha
  • Hemasasya
  • Hemasaspa
  • Palīsandhẏā
  • Mahānadīrē jẏōtsnā bihāra

Essay

  • Ōḍiā Sāhitẏara Itihāsa ("History of Odia language") (1962)[8]

Saraswati Fakiramohan (Biography of Fakirmohan Senapati) Sikshabitra Gatha ("Story of an Educationist")

Translation

He translated famous Shakespeare tragedy Hamlet and Othello in Odia.[7]

Dr Mayadhar Mansingh Memorial High School

Dr Mayadhar Mansingh Memorial High School is established in the year 1982 in Nandala Village of Krushnaprasad.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Mansingh, Lalit. "Lalit Mansingh: Mayadhar Mansingh, Mayadhar Mansingh and the Beginning of Modernity in Indian Literature, '". Retrieved 22–23 September 2005. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ↑ K. M. George; Sāhitya Akādemī (1992). Modern Indian Literature, an Anthology. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 903–. ISBN 978-81-7201-324-0. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Amaresh Datta (1988). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: devraj to jyoti. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 1592–. ISBN 978-81-260-1194-0. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Dipti Ray (1 January 2007). Prataparudradeva, the Last Great Suryavamsi King of Odisha (A.D. 1497 to A.D. 1540). Northern Book Centre. pp. 141–. ISBN 978-81-7211-195-3. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  5. ↑ Bhagabana Sahu (1 January 1997). Cultural history of Orissa, 1435-1751. Anmol Publications. ISBN 978-81-7488-654-5. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  6. ↑ Sherry Simon; Paul St-Pierre (27 November 2000). Changing the Terms: Translating in the Postcolonial Era. University of Ottawa Press. pp. 77–. ISBN 978-0-7766-0524-1. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  7. 1 2 Changing the Terms, Translating in the Postcolonial Era. Sherry Simon and Paul St-Pierre. 272 pages . 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-7766-0524-1 (November 2000). pp. 77
  8. ↑ Mansingha, Mayadhar (1962) History of Oriya literature Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi

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