Satchidananda routray biography of william

Category: Literature. Sachidananda Routray was a poet, novelist, short-story writer of Oriya language. He was the second writer from Oriya language to win Jnanpith award, following Gopinath Mohanty. He was popularly known as Sachi Routray. He was a poet of the masses, a rebel and romantic. In his opinion, poetry was a picture of man's life experiences.

He was married to a Telugu princess from the royal family of Golapalli. Sachi Routray was born on 13 May in Gurujang near Khordha. He was brought up and educated in Bengal.

Sachidananda Routray (– 21 August ) was an Odia poet, novelist, short-story writer.

He was expelled from his school because he wrote a poem against British rule. In his poem, "My Little village" you can get the real nostalgic feeling of the author and how he feels about his village. He was once arrested by British and send to jail. During World War Second, two volumes of his revolutionary poetry collections were banned by British.

He left Kolkata in the year Other noted works are Pallishri, dealing with village life in Orissa and Pratima Nayak that portrays the suffering and the predicament of a city girl.