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Dash Benhur

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Dash Benhur
BornJitendra Narayan Dash
(1953-08-03) 3 August 1953 (age 71)
Khandapada, Nayagarh district, Odisha
OccupationLecturer
LanguageOdia
Alma materUtkal University
Notable awardsSahitya akademi Bal award
SpouseJayanti Panda

Jitendra Narayan Dash (birth 3 August 1953),[1] who writes under the pseudonym of Dash Benhur is a Sahitya Akademi award winner writer from Odisha. He was born in Khandapada in Nayagarh district, Odisha.[2] He retired as the Principal of Samanta Chandra Sekhara College, Puri. He is a founder member of Aama Odisha.[3]

Works

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He is the author of more than 100 books, including 15 collections of short-stories.[4]

Children's literature

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  • The Puduga king & other stories, 2013
  • Unforgettable Stories, 2007
  • A Basket of Stories (Stories), 2005
  • The Story of Maita (Novel), 2005
  • Manu and the Sparrow (Story), 2001
  • Play Fun with Riddles (Riddles), 2001
  • My Pet Poetry Book (Poem), 2001
  • All Time Rhymes for Children, 2001
  • Rhymes for Little Reema, 2001

Short stories

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  • Kaanduri and Other Stories, 2015
  • Gandhi Tales from Odisha, 2013
  • Alms and other stories, 2008
  • The Tribute and other stories, 2006
  • The Drawing and other stories, 1987

Novel

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  • Pagadi purusha,2 015

Awards

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  • Sahitya Akademi Bal Puraskar, 2014[5][6]
  • Odisha Vigyan Academy Popular Science-writer award, 1999 [7][8]
  • NCERT Prize for Children's Literature,1989
  • Odisha Sahitya Academy award, 1987[9]

References

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  1. ^ "PROFORMA - JNDASH" (PDF). scscollege.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. ^ Michael Heyman, Sumanyu Satapthy, & Anushka Ravishankar, Eds. (2007). The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense. Penguin Books India. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-14-310086-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Welcome to Aama Odisha".
  4. ^ "Dash Benhur - Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Bal Sahitya". IncredibleOrissa. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ^ "SAHITYA : Akademi Awards". Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Odisha writer Dash Benhur gets Central Sahitya Akademi award". OdishaSunTimes. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Welcome to Muse India". www.museindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  8. ^ "ଗୋଟିଏ ଦିନରେ ଦାଶ ବେନହୁରଙ୍କ ୧୨ ଟି ପୁସ୍ତକ ଲୋକାର୍ପିତ".
  9. ^ "ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ପୁରସ୍କୃତ ପୁସ୍ତକ ଓ ଲେଖକ". Odisha Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016. Archived 13 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine