Jagannath Prasad Das (born 26 April 1936) is an Indian writer, poet,painter, playwright and novelist who writes in Odia.

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Jagannath Prasad Das
Jagannath Prasad Das
Born	(1936-04-26) 26 April 1936 (age 87) Puri, Orissa Province, British India
Pen name	J.P., J.P.Das
Language	Odia, English
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Utkal University (1953–55), Allahabad University (1955–57)
Period	1960s
Genre	Poetry, short Stories, plays, novels, essays, art history, translation
Notable works	English: Puri Paintings, Odia: Prathama Purusha, Parikrama, Desha Kala Patra, Suryasta Purbaru

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Starting his career with a brief teaching assignment as assistant professor in the University of Allahabad, he joined the Indian Administrative Service and had held positions in the Government of Odisha and the Central Government. He has chosen to settle down in Delhi after taking premature retirement from Government service and is involved in the cultural and social life of the city where he lives.^{[citation needed]}

Besides translating some of his own work in Odia into English, he has also translated other works in different languages into both Odia and English. He has translated Odia Women Poets’ Work into English (with Arlene Zide), Catherine Clement’s poems from French into English (with the poet), Gulzar’s poems from Urdu into English, Swedish poet Werner Aspenstrom’s poems into Odia, a medieval Odia text Lakshmipurana into English and the poetry of Odia Dalit poet Basudev Sunani into English.^{[citation needed]}

He edited the first ever anthology of Odia Short Stories in English translation.^{[citation needed]} He has edited an anthology of poetry from different Indian languages ( with K.Satchidanandan), and a volume of essays, Films for Children.^{[citation needed]}

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Das has been awarded the following Fellowships for research and creative writing:

• Homi Bhabha Fellow (1979–1981) for research on Pata Paintings of Odisha
• Emeritus Fellow of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India (1994–1996)
• K. K. Birla Foundation Fellowship in Comparative Literature (1996–1998)

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• Vishuva Award from Pajatantra Prachar Samiti – 1976 and 1984
• Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award – 1975 (for Je Jahara Nirjanata)
• Sahitya Akademi Award – 1990 (for Ahnika). He did not accept the award.
• Sarala Award – 1998 (for Priya Vidushaka)
• Nandikar Playwright Award – 2000
• Saraswati Samman – 2006 (for Parikrama)

• First Person – Tr: Deba Patnaik, Arnold-Heinemann, 1976
• Love is a Season – Tr: Poet, Arnold-Heinemann, 1978
• Timescapes – Tr: Poet, Arnold-Heinemann, 1980
• Silences – Tr: Poet, Vikas, 1989
• Diurnal Rites – Tr: H. Panda, Sahitya Akademi, 1994
• The Unreal City – Tr: Durga P. Panda, Har Anand, 1997
• Lovelines – Tr: Poet with Paul St-Pierre, Virgo, 2001
• Alimalika – Tr: Poet, Writers Workshop, 2004
• Dark Times – Tr: Poet with Paul St-Pierre, Virgo, 2004
• Poems – Tr: Poet, Grassroots, 2004
• Nanasense – Tr: Sumanyu Satpathy, NBT, 2013

• Words on Canvas: J.P.Das and His Work – ed. Ganeswar Mishra (Orissa Lalit Kala Akademi, 2005)
• Srijan Jatra (Odia) – by Ganeswar Mishra (Vidyapuri, Cuttack, 2010)
• Priya JP (Odia) – ed. Sumanyu Satpathy (Shiksha Sandhan, Bhubaneswar, 2011)
• Jagannath Prasad: Bandhutara Aasara (Odia) – ed. Ganeswar Mishra (Timepass, Bhubaneswar, 2013)
• Bahudha (Odia) – by Sumanyu Satpathy, 2014
• "Bharatiyatara Anweshi JAGANNATH PRASAD DAS" (Odia) – Translated and Edited by Dr Rabinarayan Moharana (Lark Books, Bhubaneswar, 2014)
• "Mukhashala" (Odia) – Compiled and Translated by Dr Rabinarayan Moharana (Ink Odisha, Bhubaneswar, 2015)
• "JP JIBANEE" (Odia) – A biography of Dr Jagannath Prasad Das. The book is written by Dr Rabinarayan Moharana and has been published under the auspices of Utkal Sahitya Samaj, Cuttack and by M/s Jagannath Rath, Binod Bihari, Cuttack (Odisha). First Edition : 2019.

• Authorspeak, Sahitya Akademi, 2006 pages 105-110
• Going Through Hells, Muse India, Issue 5, Jan–Feb 2006
• The World of J.P.Das – by Sachidananda Mohanty, The Hindu, March 4, 2007
• JP Revisited – by Ashok Choudhury, Creative Mind, Vol V, 2008
• Out of Orissa – by Humra Quraishi, Sunday Tribune, April 18, 2010
• Taking Stock – by Suresh Kohli, The Hindu, February 4, 2012
• The Measure of Life – by Jitendranath Mishra, The Nation, Bangkok, March 26, 2012
• Indian Literature: An Introduction – Delhi University, page 315

• Documentary on J.P.Das, Sahitya Akademi (30 minutes)
• Jaipur Literature Festival, January 22, 2011 (discussion on A Time Elsewhere)
• Think Literature, Bhubaneswar, December 24, 2013

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