Manoj Kumar Panda

An award-winning short fiction writer, Manoj Kumar Panda (1954 - 2020) has three published collections of short fictions, 'Hada Bagicha' (1992), 'Varna Bagicha' (2003) and 'Maya Bagicha' (2010). He has also translated two plays, All My Sons by Arthur Miller (2017) and Cross Purpose by Albert Camus (2019) into Odia. His works have been translated into English as The Bone Garden and Other Stories (Rupantar, 2009) and One Thousand Days In A Refrigerator (Speaking Tiger, 2016). He has also scripted...See more

An award-winning short fiction writer, Manoj Kumar Panda (1954 - 2020) has three published collections of short fictions, 'Hada Bagicha' (1992), 'Varna Bagicha' (2003) and 'Maya Bagicha' (2010). He has also translated two plays, All My Sons by Arthur Miller (2017) and Cross Purpose by Albert Camus (2019) into Odia. His works have been translated into English as The Bone Garden and Other Stories (Rupantar, 2009) and One Thousand Days In A Refrigerator (Speaking Tiger, 2016). He has also scripted a collection of literary essays 'Sabda Sasya' (Events publication, 2017). On his short fictions, two books of critical appreciation have been published, 'Sabda Sanketa O Sunyasthana' (Pakshighara, 2012) Edited by Dr Santosh Kumar Rath, and 'Sabda Bagicha' (Athena Books, 2018) by Biswanath Sahu. He has received many literary accolades including prestigious Sarala Award in 2015 for 'Maya Bagicha'. See less