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Mamata Dash | |
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Born | Mamata Mohapatra [1] 4 October 1947 Jagatsinghpur, India |
Language | Odia |
Education | B.A. |
Alma mater | Utkal University |
Notable awards | Odisha Sahitya Academy Award |
Mamata Dash (neeMohapatra; born 4 October 1947) is an Odia poet, writer and translator. She was awarded the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for her poetry collection Ekatra Chandrasurya.
Dash was born on 4 October 1947 at Jagatsinghpur. Her father Ramachandra Mohapatra was a doctor. Her mother was Pankajmala. She had four sisters and three brothers. Her early education came at Jagatsinghpur before she moved to Ravenshaw Girls School, Cuttack. She started writing at the age of nine. [2]