Krushna Chandra Kar

Pandit Krushna Chandra Kar
Born(1907-01-01)1 January 1907
Mula Basant, Cuttack, Bengal Presidency
Died2 November 1995(1995-11-02) (aged 88)
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Occupationspoet, literary critic, Novelist, essayist
Known forPoetic contributions, Children fictions, Biographies and Autobiography
Notable work"Ramayana" ,"Shakuntala","Pari Raija","Kuhuka Raija","Panchatantra"

Pandit Krushna Chandra Kar (1 January 1907 – 2 November 1995) was an Indian poet and literary critic who has written both in the Odia and English. He has authored books on Odia literature and inspired other writers like Bidyutprabha Devi and Chakhi Khuntia. He received a felicitation from the Odisha Sahitya Academy for his contribution to Odia literature in the year 1971 to 1972. He spent most of his life in Cuttack, Odisha.

Career

Pandit Krushna Chandra Kar wrote biographies, fictional works, and children's books both before and after Indian independence. He also authored an Odia to English dictionary called the "Taruna Sabdakosh" and an English to Odia dictionary called the "New Method English Dictionary", which has been in use at the Stanford University Libraries.

His better known Odia books include the "Ramayana" and "Shakuntala". He also authored collections of poetry, including "Rutu Samhara" and "Hansa Dutam".

He was arguably best known for children's literature and wrote "Pari Raija", "Kuhuka Raija", "Panchatantra", and "Adi Jugara Galpa Mala", among other works. He wrote biographies of a number of historical personalities such as "Kapila Deva"

One of his famous English books was "The Maharaja : As I Knew Him".

Awards

He received the Odisha Sahitya Academy Feliciation, 1971-72

Books

KABYA

GATHA

KABITA (POETRY)

NIBANDHA

NATAKA AND LOKANATYA (DRAMA)

UCHANGA SAHITYA

KISHORA SAHITYA (ADULT’S LITERATURE)

SISU SAHITYA (CHILDREN'S LITERATURE)

AMAR CHARITA

SISU UPANYASA (CHILDREN'S NOVEL) SERIES OF SUNARAIJA

SERIES OF KUHUKA RAIJA

SERIES OF PARIMAHALA

SADHABA GHARA KATHA

Bibliography

See also

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who Of Indian Writers
  2. ↑ Encyclopaedia of Education, Culture and Children's Literature: v. 4. Children's literature and education. Deep & Deep Publications. 2009. pp. 25–. ISBN 978-81-8450-151-3.
  3. ↑ Krushna Chandra Kar (1966). Taruṇa śabdakosha: caubana hajāra śabdara paricaẏa samvaḷita. Grantha mandira.
  4. ↑ "Odisha Sahitya Akademi".
  5. ↑ J. K. Samal; Pradip Kumar Nayak (1996). Makers of Modern Orissa: Contributions of Some Leading Personalities of Orissa in the 2nd Half of the 19th Century. Abhinav Publications. pp. 52–. ISBN 978-81-7017-322-9.
  6. ↑ A professor of English (1964). New Method English-Oriya Dictionary: Containing about 28,000 Word-meanings and a Supplement of Technical Terms. A. Mahapatra.