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Jayanta Mahapatra

Indian poet
Jayanta Mahapatra was an Indian poet. He is the first Indian poet to win a Sahitya Akademi award for English poetry. He was the author of poems such as "Indian Summer" and "Hunger", which are regarded as classics in modern Indian English... Wikipedia
Born: October 22, 1928, Cuttack, India
Awards: Padma Shri
Notable works: Relationship (1980)
Parents: Lemuel Mohapatra, Sudhansubala Dash