https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Santanu_Kumar_AcharyaSantanu Kumar Acharya - Revision history2026-10-21T16:23:01ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santanu_Kumar_Acharya&diff=469584&oldid=prevChanteKates: expanded content additionally and corrected details to improve readability2025-05-05T03:01:00Z<p>expanded content additionally and corrected details to improve readability</p>
<a href="//en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santanu_Kumar_Acharya&diff=469584&oldid=259854">Show changes</a>ChanteKateshttps://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Santanu_Kumar_Acharya&diff=259854&oldid=prev->Iketsi: /* Awards */ link2021-08-21T01:05:06Z<p><span class="autocomment">Awards: </span> link</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Odia writer}}<br />
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}<br />
{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --><br />
| name = Santanu Kumar Acharya<br />
| image = Santanu Acharya during Fakirmohan birthday celebration, Santikanana, Baleswar, Odisha 14-01-2014.JPG<br />
| imagesize = <br />
| alt =<br />
| caption = Acharya during [[Fakir Mohan Senapati|Fakir Mohan's]] 172nd birthday celebration at Santikanana, [[Balasore]], Odisha<br />
| pseudonym =<br />
| birth_name =<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1933|05|15}}<br />
| birth_place = Mominpur, Kolkata <br />
| resting_place =<br />
| occupation = Professor<br />
| language = [[Odia language|Odia]]<br />
| education = MSc (Chemistry)<br />
| alma_mater = [[Ravenshaw college]]<br />
| genre = Litterateur, fiction writer<br />
| subject = Novels, short stories, essays and children's literature <br />
| notableworks = ''Nara Kinnara''<br/>''Shatabdira Nachiketa''<br/>''Dakshinabarta''<br/>''Shakuntala''<br />
| spouse = Nirupama Acharya<br />
| children = Two<br />
| awards = Sahitya Akademi<br />
| signature =<br />
| signature_alt =<br />
| website =<br />
}}<br />
<br />
'''Santanu Kumar Acharya''' (born 1933) is a National Sahitya Academy Award-winning Indian writer.<br />
<br />
==Life==<br />
Acharya, born in 1933 in Kolkata, comes from the village Siddheswar Pur of the Cuttack district Odisha.<ref>[https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1797159A/Santanu_Kumar_Acharya Santanu Kumar Acharya]</ref> He served the Government of Odisha as a college teacher for 34 years, from 1958 to 1992. He retired as the Registrar of [[Utkal University]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.katha.org/site/communities/list-of-authors-translators-and-illustrators-of-katha |title=Katha &#124; Writers |first= |last= |work=katha.org |quote=in 1992 he retired as the registrar of Utkal University, Orissa. |accessdate=30 January 2013}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Selected works==<br />
Acharya has written 16 novels, 23 short story collections comprising about 400 stories, and 11 children's books.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://odisha.360.batoi.com/know-odisha/odia-personalities/santanu-kumar-acharya/ |title=Odisha News &#124; A Complete Information Portal on Odisha &#124; Santanu Kumar Acharya |first= |last= |work=odisha.360.batoi.com |accessdate=30 January 2013}}</ref><br />
<br />
===Novels===<br />
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}<br />
* ''Nara-Kinnara'', 1962 (The Man and the Sub Humans)<br />
* ''Shatabdira Nachiketa'', 1965 (The Nachiketas of the Century)<br />
* ''Tinoti Ratira Sakala'', 1969 (The mornings of three dark nights)<br />
* ''Dakshinabarta'', 1973 (The turning point)<br />
* ''Jatrara Prathama Pada'', 1976 (The First Leg of the Journey)<br />
* ''Anya Eka Sakaala Anya Eka Bharat'', 1977 (It is another morning and it is another India)<br />
* ''Shakuntala'', 1980 (a novel on the Naxallite movements)<br />
* ''Mantrinka Share'', 1988 (The Minister's Share)<br />
* ''Dharitrira Kanda'', 1994 (The Weeping Earth)<br />
* ''Anu Hajijibapare'', 1996 (After Anu Got Lost)<br />
* ''Adrushya Jagataru Barta'', 1996 (Messages from the Unknown Worlds)<br />
* ''Billy Goat Banam Uruvela Ghotak'', 1997 (The man named Billy Goat alias The Laughung Horse of the Uruvela Forest where Goutama Buddha received Enlihtenment)<br />
* ''Swarna Tribhuja'', 1998 (Anthology of three novellas : Billy Goat.., Adrushya Jagataru Barta and Mantrinka Share) <br />
* ''Trishna: Eka Anaviskrita America'', 1999 (The girl named Trishna: The Undiscovered America)<br />
* ''Anomara Kanya'', 2002 (The daughter Of Anoma or the River Maha Nadi)<br />
* Jeje Malapare, ( After Jeje Died), Science Fiction, Novel, Publ: Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2, Odisha, November, 2020. <br />
{{div col end}}<br />
<br />
===Short story collections===<br />
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}<br />
* ''Mana Murmur'', 1962 (The Murmuring Mind)<br />
* ''Durbaara'', 1965 (The Incorrigible)<br />
* ''Eii Shesha Padati'', 1972 (This last utterance)<br />
* ''Aranyara Chula'', 1974 (The Tip of The Forest)<br />
* ''Adina Boula'', 1978 (Mango blossoms out of season)<br />
* ''Ekabinsha Satabdi Paain Galpa'', 1978 (Stories for the Twenty First Century)<br />
* ''Karanjia Diary'', 1984 (Based on the real life adventures and observations of the author in Karanjia, Mayurbhanj District<br />
* ''Aadya Sakaala'', 1985 (The first dawn)<br />
* ''Sarpa Jaana'', 1989 (The Snake Vehicle)<br />
* ''Chalanti Thaakura'', 1991 (God who Responds)<br />
* ''Nataliyara Omka''r, 1995 (The OM utterance of Nataliya)<br />
* ''Galpa Varnali'', 1997 (The Spectrum of Stories)<br />
* ''Shreshtha Galpa'', 1998 (A collection of the Best Short Stories)<br />
* ''Jala Chhabira Raati'', 1999 (A Night of Water Colors)<br />
* ''Drushya-Adrushya'', 2002 (The visible and the invisible)<br />
* ''Chhaya Purusha'', 2005 (The Person in the Shadow )<br />
* ''Record Breaker'', 2006 <br />
* ''Trutiya Netra'', 2007 (The Third Eye)<br />
* ''Santanu Acharya's Galpa Samagra'' (Collection of short stories of the author)<br />
** Vol 1, 2009<br />
** Vol 2, 2011<br />
* ''Kala Pardara Aarapate'', 2013 (Behind the Black Veil)<br />
* ''Santanu Acharya-nka Smaraniya Galpa'', 2015 (Twenty Memorable Short Stories of the author)<br />
* AshtaSiDdhi O Anyanya Galpa,2019, Published by PrachiSahitya Pratishan, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2<br />
Anthology of Author's Recently written Stories of felt life experiences comprising dreams and Occult Experiences.<br />
* Katha Dashaka ( Ten Selected Stories of the Author Santanu Kumar Acharya ),First Ed 2021- Ed: Pitabas Routray, Publisher: Fhula Bhagaban Foundation, Mahabir Prakashan, Old Bus Stand, Bhubaneswar, ISBN: 81-87989-32-17 <br />
<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
<br />
===Children's literature===<br />
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}<br />
* ''Mo Katha Ghoda Katha Kahe'', 1961 (My Wooden Horse Speaks)<br />
* ''Baga Bagichara Saudagara'', 1962 (The Merchants of our gardens)<br />
* {{transl|oda|Akashaku Satoti Pahacha}}, 1963 (Seven Steps to the Heavens: A science fiction on Space Flight)<br />
* ''Koshi Upatyakara Rajkumar Mohan'', 1964 (Mohan, the Prince of the Koshi Valley)<br />
* ''Shaktira Karamati'', 1971 (A book of Science on Machines and Power for Children)<br />
* ''Mo Naan Da Vinci O Niaan Laga Opi'', 1980 (My name is Da Vinchi and Opi the incendiary i,e Oppenheimer the creator of the first atom bomb; Biographies) <br />
* ''Nitidinia Jeebanare Bijnana'', 1989 (Science in Everyday Life for Children )<br />
* ''Baigyanika Abiskara o Udbhabana'', 1989 (Important Scientific Discoveries and Life of Scientists)<br />
* ''Dine Akasha bi na thila'', 2001 (Once upon a Time there were no Skies over our heads; Cosmology for Children)<br />
* ''Peeta Prastara Udyana'', 2010 (A travelogue on the Yellow Stone National Park, US)<br />
* Kathare Kathare Bigyana,2020, All the books on Children's Literature authored by Santanu Kumar Acharya Collected into one Book, Published by Santosh Publications,Kanchan, Gajapati Nagar, Sutahata, Cuttack, 753003.<br />
<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
<br />
===Others===<br />
*'''Autobiography:'''<br />
''Mo Jeeban : Anya Eka Upanyasa'', 2013 (My Life is Another Novel)<br />
<br />
* '''Travelogue''':<br />
''Baichitryamaya Desha: America Bhramana'', 2015 (The Mysterious Country: America - A travelogue)<br />
<br />
Books translated into other languages: <br />
*English: <br />
** ''Shakuntala'': award-winning original novel in Odia language, 1980, translated to English by Lipipushpa Nayak, first edition 2014 <br />
** ''Anoma's Daughter'': award-winning original novel in Odia, ''Anomara Kanya'' (2003), translated to English by Bibhas Mohanty and the author <br />
** ''Santanu Kumar Acharya'': collection of short stories, published by Grass Roots, Kolkata, 2004, translated by St-Pierre, Leelawati Mohapatra and K.K. Mohapatra<br />
<br />
*Hindi:<br />
** '' Nara Kinnara'': first published in Odia language in Odisha, 1962, Odisha Sahitya Academy Award-winning classic Odia novel), translated from Odia to Hindi by Shanakar Lal Purohit, published by Vijaya Books, Sahadara Delhi, 2017, {{ISBN|9788192084107}} <br />
**''Shakuntala'' (1987 Sarala Prize-winning Odia novel, first published in Odisha, 1980), published by Radhakrishna Prakashan (Rajkamal) Pvt Ltd (1997), Dariya Ganj, Delhi-2, translated from author's original novel ''Shakuntala'' in Odia to Hindi by Prof Radhakanta Mishra.<br />
** ''Dakshinavarta'', 2002 (novel), translated from author's novel ''Dakshinavarta'' in Odia to Hindi by Dr Srinivas Udgata <br />
**Gujarati: <br />
** ''Dakshinavarta'' (novel), published by 1986, translated from author's original Odia novel ''Dakshinavarta'' to Gujarati and published by Dr Ranuka Sriram<br />
*Bengali:<br />
**''Chalanti Thakura'' (Academy Award-winning book: short story collection of the author), published 1991, translated from author's original short story collection to Bengali by Shyamasundar Mahapatra and Amitrasudan Bhattacharya, published by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2016<br />
<br />
==Awards==<br />
[[File:Santanu Acharya speaking during 172nd Fakirmohan Jayanti at Shantikanan, Baleswar 14-01-2014.webmhd.webm|thumb|Acharya speaking during [[Fakir Mohan Senapati]]'s 172nd Jayanti at Shantikanana, [[Balasore]]]]<br />
<br />
* National Award for Children's Literature from the Ministry of Education, Government of India (1961 and 1963)<br />
** 1961: for ''Mo katha ghoda katha kahe'' (My Wooden Horse Speaks; Science Fiction for Children) <br />
** 1963, for {{transl|oda|Akashaku satoti pahacha}} (Seven Steps to Heavens; Science Fiction for Children on Space Travel)<br />
* [[Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award]], 1962 (for his novel ''Nara Kinnara'')<br />
* Sarala Puraskara, 1987 ; A prestigious literary award offered annually by Odisha's famous industrial house IMFA, for his novel ''Shakuntala''<br />
* Sahitya Akademi Award, 1993 (Indian National Academy of Literature) for his short story book ''Chalanti Thakura'' (The Living God)<br />
* Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata, Konarka Prize, 1994, for his short story book: ''Chalanti Thakura'' (The Living God)<br />
* Sahitya Bharati Puraskar, 2004, by Gangadhara Ratha Foundation, for his life-time achievements and contributions to Odia literature <br />
* Katha Puraskar, 2003, by Katha Bharati Foundation, New Delhi, for his Odia novel ''Anomara Kanya'', translated into English as ''Anoma's Daughter''<br />
* Atibadi Jagannath Das Award, the highest honour given by the State, conferred by Sahitya Akademy, Odisha, for lifelong contribution to Odia literature and excellence, in a special ceremony, on 25 July 2014, at Bhubaneswar, Odisha<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
<br />
==External links==<br />
* [http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/ViewDetails.asp?vchglinkid=GL012&vchplinkid=PL098&vchslinkid=SL069 Novel Prose]<br />
{{Odia literature}}<br />
{{authority control}}<br />
<br />
{{DEFAULTSORT:Acharya, Santanu}}<br />
[[Category:1933 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:People from Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Odia-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia]]<br />
[[Category:Indian academics]]<br />
[[Category:Articles containing video clips]]</div>->Iketsi