Mamata Dash


Mamata Dash is an Odia poet, writer and translator from Odisha, India. She was awarded the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for her poetry collection Ekatra Chandrasurya.

Biography

Mamata was born on 4 October 1947 at Jagatsinghpur. Her father Ramachandra Mohapatra was a doctor. Her Mother's name was Pankajmala. She had 4 sisters and 3 brothers. She had her early education at Jagatsinghpur before moving to Ravenshaw Girls School, Cuttack. She started writing at age of nine. Few of her poems were published in Meenabazar, a childrens monthly. She got her B.A. from Utkal University.

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