Pitambar Tarai (Born in 1959) is an Odisha Sahitya Academy awarded poet from Odisha, India.[1][2] The prominent occupation in his family was commercial fishing. He was born in Mangarajpur village south of Kujang in the Jagatsinghpur district, Odisha. His poetry is mostly concerned with emotional topics of life, like sorrow and happiness. A common theme of his work is the mentioning of the Dalit, the lowest caste of Indian society.
Pitambar Tarai | |
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 Tarai standing in front of a yellow wall | |
| Born | 1959 Mangarajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Citizenship | India |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Subject | Emotional qualities of the human experience Dalit |
| Notable awards | Odisha Sahitya Academy Award |
Bibliography
editPoetry Collection
edit- Boonde Luhara peethire samudra – 1987
- Adi Parva – 1994
- Chita-chaitara chitha – 2002
- Raaga Rudrakshari – 2004
- Sairata Shatak[3]
- Deha Dasabisha – 2007
- Itara – 2007
- Shudrakara Shloka – 2008
- Abhajana – 2010
- Pichhila tarikha o anyanya Kavita
- Sesha heba jain
Children's Literature
edit- Luha Lahaka Patara Banka
Awards
editReferences
edit- ^ Joshil K. Abraham; Judith Misrahi-Barak (24 July 2015). Dalit Literatures in India. Taylor & Francis. pp. 194–. ISBN 978-1-317-40879-6.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi hosts literary meet". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ Name, Your. "National library". nationallibrary.gov.in. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Odisha Sahitya Akademi". odishasahityaakademi.org. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Inbrief". The Pioneer. India. Retrieved 13 March 2017.