Jagannath DashProf. Jagannath Dash (b. 1947), former Reader in English, is a noted poet, critic, storyteller, and bilingual translator with 25 published books. His major scholarly works include monographs on Padma Charan Pattanayak and Basant Kumar Satpathy (Centrl Sahitya Akademi), The Anti-Romantics, Ingraji Sahityar Sankhipta Itihas, and Samalochana O Sahitya Tattva. A key figure in Odia-English literary exchange, he has translated works by Surendra Mohanty (NEELSHAILA) Ramachandra Behera, Gourahari Das, Arabinda Ray, Ajay Mohapatra, Baijayanti Mishra, and Santanu Kumar Acharya (NARA KINNAR and BAHU BAHU JANMA) and brought Rajam Krishnan's Tamil novel into Odia. His translations are lauded for their cultural sensitivity and stylistic fidelity. Read More Read Less