PRAHARAJ SATYANARAYAN NANDA Born (6th Sep 1943)in Raj-Nilgiri of Balasore district and Graduated from F.M. College, Balasore with English Hons. Completed M.A. in English from Ravenshaw college, Cuttack in 1966,Sub-Editor Amrita Bazar Patrika Calcutta(1966-75) Asst. Editor-Information & Public Relation Deptt. Govt of Orissa, Bhubaneswar (1975-2001) His Literary works includes Neelahansara Jwala(1968), Adhapatana Chhanda(1971), Saba Sangama 'O' Anyanya Kabita(1976) (The Intimate Circle Tr.by- M.K. Choudhury), Jianta Salagram(1976) (The Petals of Love Tr into English by Rajendra Acharya), Saptadwipa Basundhara(1981), Sonnet Sa(1982), Hiranmayena Patrena(1990), Hiranmayena Sabita Rathena( 1990) Translated into English by the poet, Barshara Padare Nupura(1992), Reshami Dorare Bandha Gotie Pakshi(1994), Nakshatra Sangam 'O' Anyanya Kabita(1995), Sri Radha ra Purnanga Alochana(1996), Hatare Masala dhari pahadaku uthu thiba loka(1997), Shrestha prema Kabita(1998), Ananta Patnaik: Monograph (2000), Shrestha Prema Sonnet(2002), Satati Dirgha Kabita(2002) Sahashrabdee ra Swakshyarita pandulipi(2022) Translated Sri Geeta Gobinda into English and Oriya in free verse.Edited Eastern Zone Writers Conference souvenir (1973). Represented Odisha in All India Writers' Conference in 1968.Edited the ' Asantakali' premier odia monthly, published from Kolkata and the Satyam, Shivam Sundaram, discerning literary quarterly wedded to indian values from Bhubaneswar.
