Dash Benhur

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Dash Benhur
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BornJitendra Narayan Dash
(1953-08-03) 3 August 1953 (age 69)
Khandapada, Nayagarh district, Odisha
OccupationLecturer
Language Odia
Alma mater Utkal University
Notable awardsSahitya akademi Bal award
SpouseJayanti Panda

Jitendra Narayan Dash (birth 3 August 1953), [1] who writes under the pseudonym of Dash Benhur is a Sahitya Akademi award winner writer from Odisha. He was born in Khandapada in Nayagarh district, Odisha. [2] He retired as the Principal of Samanta Chandra Sekhara College, Puri. He is a founder member of Aama Odisha. [3]

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Works

He is the author of more than 100 books, including 15 collections of short-stories. [4]

Children's literature

  • The Puduga king & other stories, 2013
  • Unforgettable Stories, 2007
  • A Basket of Stories (Stories), 2005
  • The Story of Maita (Novel), 2005
  • Manu and the Sparrow (Story), 2001
  • Play Fun with Riddles (Riddles), 2001
  • My Pet Poetry Book (Poem), 2001
  • All Time Rhymes for Children, 2001
  • Rhymes for Little Reema, 2001

Short stories

Novel

Awards

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  2. ↑ Michael Heyman, Sumanyu Satapthy, & Anushka Ravishankar, Eds. (2007). The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense. Penguin Books India. pp. 213–. ISBN   978-0-14-310086-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ "Welcome to Aama Odisha".
  4. ↑ "Dash Benhur - Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Bal Sahitya". IncredibleOrissa. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "SAHITYA : Akademi Awards". Archived from the original on 30 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  6. ↑ "Odisha writer Dash Benhur gets Central Sahitya Akademi award". OdishaSunTimes. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Welcome to Muse India". www.museindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "ଗୋଟିଏ ଦିନରେ ଦାଶ ବେନହୁରଙ୍କ ୧୨ ଟି ପୁସ୍ତକ ଲୋକାର୍ପିତ".
  9. ↑ "ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ପୁରସ୍କୃତ ପୁସ୍ତକ ଓ ଲେଖକ". Odisha Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016. Archived 13 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine
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