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{{Short description|Odia writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo
|image = Nilamani sahoo.jpg
|image_caption = Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo in 2012
|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|12|22|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Niali]], [[Cuttack district|Cuttack]], [[Odisha]], India
|death_date = {{death date and age|2016|06|25|1926|12|22|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Bhubaneswar]], Odisha, India
|occupation = Writer
| spouse = Prasanna Kumari Devi
| children = Guruprasad Mohapatra
|notable_works = ''Akasha Patala''<br>''Abhisapta Gandharba''
|signature = Mahapatra Nilamani Sahu Odia author.png
}}

'''Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo''' (22 December 1926 – 25 June 2016), surname also spelt '''Sahu''', was an Indian [[Odia language]] short story writer. He received several literary awards over his career, including the 1979 [[Odisha Sahitya Academy Award]] for ''Akasha Patala'', and the 1983 Sarala Award and the 1984 [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia]], for ''Abhisapta Gandharba''. Sahoo died on 25 June 2016 after multiple organ failures.<ref name="NIE260616">{{cite web |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Writer-Mohapatra-Nilamani-Sahu-passes-away/2016/06/26/article3500514.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160627143106/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Writer-Mohapatra-Nilamani-Sahu-passes-away/2016/06/26/article3500514.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 June 2016|title=Writer Mohapatra Nilamani Sahu passes away |publisher=The New Indian Express|date=25 June 2016|accessdate=25 June 2016 }}</ref><ref name="OT250616">{{cite web |url=http://odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/eminent-author-mahapatra-nilamani-sahoo-passes-away-152884/|title=Eminent author Mahapatra Nilamani Sahoo passes away |publisher=Odisha TV|date=25 June 2016|accessdate=25 June 2016 }}</ref>

== Life and career ==
Sahoo was born on 22 December 1926 in the town [[Niali]] of the [[Cuttack district]] in a wealthy [[zamindar]] family. He studied and completed matriculation at the [[Binjharpur High School]] and later went on to finish his graduation and post-graduation in Odia at the [[Ravenshaw College]] at Cuttack. After post-graduation, Sahoo took the job of librarian at the [[Sambalpur University]] where he continued for two years. Later he took the post of lecturer of Odia at the Bhadrak College, followed by [[Paralakhemundi Government College]] at [[Gajapati district|Gajapati]]. Sahoo became vice-principal and later principal of the BJB Evening College at Bhubaneshwar.<ref name="NIE260616" /><ref name="OST250616">{{cite web | url=http://odishasuntimes.com/2016/06/25/eminent-odia-litterateur-mohapatra-nilamani-sahoo-no-more/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626170908/http://odishasuntimes.com/2016/06/25/eminent-odia-litterateur-mohapatra-nilamani-sahoo-no-more/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=26 June 2016 | title=Eminent Odia litterateur Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo no more | work=Odisha Sun Times | date=25 June 2016 | accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref>

== Literary works and awards ==
Sahoo wrote various short stories in Odia language. His popular works include ''Prema Tribhuja'' (1952), ''Michha Bagha'' (1955), ''Srunantu Sarbe Amrutasya Putra'' (1957), ''Ganjei O’ Gabesana'' (1961), ''Andha Ratira Surya'' (1965) and more. He also published novel; ''Dhara O Dhara'', ''Tamasi Radha'' and ''Hansa Mithuna''.<ref name="NIE260616" /> Sahoo also wrote one-act and children's plays.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zfLATnA1IAMC&pg=PA48 |author=Mohanty, Jagannath | title=Encyclopaedia of Education, Culture and Children's Literature: vol 4 | publisher=Deep and Deep Publications | year=2009 | pages=48 | isbn=9788184501513}}</ref> His 1979 book ''Akasha Patala'' (literally "Heaven and Hell") won him the [[Odisha Sahitya Academy Award]]. The short story compilation ''Abhisapta Gandharba'' (literally "The Cursed [[Gandharva]]") received the [[Sarala Award]] in 1983, followed by a [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Odia|Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia]] in 1984.<ref name="OST250616"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#ODIA | title=Akademi Awards (1955–2015) | work=[[Sahitya Akademi]] | date=27 June 2016 | accessdate=27 June 2016}}</ref> The book was translated into [[Hindi language|Hindi]] by Siddharth Mansingh Mahapatra in 1992.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8JDsBBDoMccC&pg=PA58 |title=Five Decades: The National Academy of Letters, India : a Short History of Sahitya Akademi |page=58 |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |year=2004 |author= Rao, D. S. |isbn=9788126020607 }}</ref>

From 1965 to 1969, Sahoo edited and wrote for the magazine ''Jhankara''. He was also the editor of other periodicals such as ''Utkala Prasanga'' and ''Orissa Review'' from 1975 to 1978.<ref name="NIE260616" /> In ''Jhankara'', he often wrote on philosophies of [[Sri Aurobindo]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPA0Jq8KII4C&q=Mohapatra+Nilamani+Sahoo | title=Sri Aurobindo: A Centenary Tribute | publisher=Sri Aurobindo: A Centenary Tribute | first1=Aurobindo |last1=Ghose |first2=K. R. Srinivasa |last2=Iyengar | year=1974 | pages=109}}</ref> He translated Aurobindo's ''[[Savitri: A Legend and a Symbol]]'' and delivered lectures on Aurobindo, [[Ramakrishna Paramhansa]] and [[Swami Vivekananda]].<ref name="TT030813">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130803/jsp/odisha/story_17188899.jsp#.V3C972e6bcs | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427062135/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130803/jsp/odisha/story_17188899.jsp#.V3C972e6bcs | url-status=dead | archive-date=27 April 2014 | title='Naveen babu should try to learn Odia' | work=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]] |location=Kolkata| date=3 August 2013 | accessdate=27 June 2016 | first1=Shilpi |last1=Sampad |first2=Subhashish |last2=Mohanty}}</ref>

Sahoo was the recipient of the [[Kanta Kabi Award]] in 2001, the [[Sahitya Bharati Award]] in 2006, and the [[Utkal Ratna Award]] in 2013.<ref name="NIE260616" /><ref name="TT030813"/> His stories described the subtleties of human emotion<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d8YtAQAAIAAJ&q=Mohapatra+Nilamani+Sahoo | title=Indian Writers in Conference | publisher=University of California | year=1964 | pages=178}}</ref> and featured verbal as well as situational comedy.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zB4n3MVozbUC&pg=PA1614 | title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Devraj to Jyoti, Volume 2 | publisher=Sahitya Akademi | author=Datta, Amaresh | year=1988 | pages=1614 | isbn=9788126011940}}</ref> His works are also noted for satirizing human idiocies.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KnPoYxrRfc0C&pg=PA3854 |title= Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Sasay to Zorgot |page=3854 |publisher= Sahitya Akademi |year=1992 |author=Lal, Mohan |isbn= 9788126012213 }}</ref>

== Death ==
{{quote box |width=19em |border=2px
|quote="His short story book ''Abhisapta Gandharba'' is one of the finest works of Odia literature. He will always be remembered for his outstanding contribution to Odia literature. With his death, the state has lost an exceptional writer." <br> {{endash}}[[Naveen Patnaik]], [[Chief Minister of Odisha]], eulogizing Sahoo.<ref name="OT250616"/>}}
Sahoo died on 25 June 2016 at the age of 89 in a private hospital at [[Bhubaneswar]]. He suffered from [[prostate cancer]] and was admitted to hospital on 24 June after falling critically ill. He died after multiple organ failures.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://odishatv.in/odisha/body-slider/last-rites-of-mahapatra-nilamani-sahoo-today-152916/ | title=Last rites of Mahapatra Nilamani Sahoo today | work=Odisha TV |place=Bhubaneshwar | date=26 June 2016 | accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref> He was survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/odia-writer-mohapatra-nilamani-sahoo-passes-away-116062500832_1.html | title=Odia writer Mohapatra Nilamani Sahoo passes away | work=[[Business Standard]] | date=25 June 2016 | accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Odia literature}}
{{Sahitya Akademi Award For Odia}}
{{Atibadi Jagannath Das award}}
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