Dash Benhur

Dash Benhur
Born	Jitendra Narayan Dash (1953-08-03) 3 August 1953 (age 72) Khandapada, Nayagarh district, Odisha
Occupation	Lecturer
Language	Odia
Alma mater	Utkal University
Notable awards	Sahitya akademi Bal award
Spouse	Jayanti 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]

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

• Kaanduri and Other Stories, 2015
• Gandhi Tales from Odisha, 2013
• Alms and other stories, 2008
• The Tribute and other stories, 2006
• The Drawing and other stories, 1987

Novel

• Pagadi purusha,2015

Awards

• Sahitya Akademi Bal Puraskar, 2014 ^{[5] [6]}
• Odisha Vigyan Academy Popular Science-writer award, 1999 ^{[7] [8]}
• NCERT Prize for Children's Literature,1989
• Odisha Sahitya Academy award, 1987 ^[9]

References

1. "PROFORMA - JNDASH" (PDF). scscollege.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
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.
3. "Welcome to Aama Odisha".
4. "Dash Benhur - Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Bal Sahitya". IncredibleOrissa. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 September 2023. 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. Archived from the original on 23 September 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
7. "Welcome to Muse India". www.museindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
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