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'''Sitadevi Khadanga''' (1902–1983) was an dramatist, novelist, poet and translator from [[Orissa]], India. She wrote in and translated into the [[Odia language]]. Set in rural Orissa, her writings depicts social problems of the area in the 20th-century. Her contribution to Odia poetry is considered to be a landmark in [[Odia literature]].

==Life==
Khadanga was born in 1902 to an orthodox Brahmin family in Asika, a village in [[Ganjam district]]. She received no formal education, but was homeschooled by a visiting teacher. She married Banchhanidhi Khadanga, a school teacher.<ref name="Choudhuri2016">{{cite book|editor-last=Choudhuri|editor-first=Indra Nath|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: I-L|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4ruAQAACAAJ|year=2016|volume=III|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|page=2016|isbn=978-81-260-4758-1}}</ref><ref name="Pati2017">{{cite journal|last=Pati|first=Madhusmita|title=Re-creating Identity: Bios in Odia Women Autobiography|journal=South Asian Review|year=2017|volume=38|issue=2|pages=70–72|doi=10.1080/02759527.2017.12002561|s2cid=165925897|via=[[Taylor & Francis]]}}{{closed access}}</ref> She died in 1983.<ref name="Das2005">{{cite book|editor-last=Das|editor-first=Sisir Kumar|editor-link=Sisir Kumar Das|title=History of Indian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sHklK65TKQ0C&pg=PA733|year=2005|publisher=Sahitya Akademi|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-81-7201-006-5|page=733}}</ref>

==Works==
Khadanga wrote social dramas during the 1950s which were staged in various places in Ganjam. She established a theatre known as Harihar Natya Mandir, and a literary institute, Krishna Singh Sahitya Parishad, both in [[Asika]].<ref name="Choudhuri2016"/>

After her marriage, she began reading plays, and perceived them as a superior literary form. After her children left home for higher education she started writing plays. Her first play was ''Sahodar'' (Brother), which was based on her life experiences. It has been described by her as "the story of a woman's life among her husband and children in a middle-class family".<ref name="Pati2017"/> Her other plays include ''Nari'' (Women), ''Poshyaputra'' (Adopted Son), ''Naisthika'' (An Orthodox), ''Prachin Panthi'' (Old-fashioned), ''Kshudhara Pida'' (The Pain of Hunger) and ''Matrihina'' (Motherless).<ref name="Choudhuri2016"/> Her play ''Mandir Prabesh'' deals with the rights of [[Harijan]] ([[Dalits]]) to enter [[Hindu]] temples.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian P.E.N.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H6FPAQAAIAAJ|volume=25|year=1959|publisher=P.E.N. All-India Centre.|page=139}}</ref>

Khadanga's first novel was an adoption of her own play ''Poshyaputra'', which is based on a variety of problems in society. ''Agraja'' (Elder Brother), containing 27 chapters, is a socio-political novel. ''Pratyabartan'' (Return; 1969) is based on rural life in Orissa.<ref name="Choudhuri2016"/> ''Mora Jeevan Smriti'' (Memories of My Life; 1978) is an autobiography.<ref name="Pati2017"/> She translated [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s ''[[Ghare Baire]]'' from Bengali into Odia.<ref name="Rout1972">{{cite book|author=Savitiri Rout|title=Women Pioneers In Oriya Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SCzRH24LnAC&pg=PA81|year=1972|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publisher|isbn=978-81-208-2546-8|page=81}}</ref> She also wrote poems which played a significant role in the cultural renaissance of Odisha. Her contribution to Odia poetry is considered{{By whom|date=March 2019}} to be a landmark in Odia literature.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Priyabadini |first=Sucheta |title=Voices of Women of Odisha |url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2012/Feb-March/engpdf/31-36.pdf |journal=Odisha Review |date=February–March 2012 |page=33}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Nayak|editor1-first=J. K.|editor2-last=Dasgupta|editor2-first=Subha Chakraborty|title=Reminiscences: Excerpts from Oriya and Bangla Autobiographies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P2RmAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=DSA Publication, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University|last=Khadanga|first=Sita Devi|chapter=My Childhood|pages=31–38|oclc=61500226}}

==External links==
* {{Gbooks-author|Sita Devi Khadanga}}

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