Pratibha Ray
Pratibha Ray ( Oriya ପ୍ରତିଭା ରାୟ ) (born January 21, 1944 in Alabol in the Cuttack District , now in the Jagatsinghpur District ) is an Indian author who writes in the Odia language . She mainly writes novels and short stories , for which she has received several awards. In 2011 she received the Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honor given in India.
Life
Pratibha Ray grew up in a rural area of Odisha and attended Balikuda High School. Her father, Parashuram Das, was a school principal and freedom fighter, and her mother, Manorama Devi, was a socially engaged housewife. Pratibha Ray wrote her first creative texts at the age of nine. She states that her father in particular exerted a strong influence on her and that she had the courage from him, the revolutionary elements as well as the humanism in her works. Although her father was a great role model to her, she defied his wish to become a doctor and moved from medical school to another branch of Ravenshaw University in Cuttack without his consent . After graduating, she married the engineer Akshaya Chandra Ray . The couple has three children. Pratibha Ray continued her academic career when the kids were in school. She received her doctorate in educational psychology and subsequently researched the tribal systems of the Bondo , an ethnic group in Odisha, which she also examined criminologically.
Literary work
Pratibha Ray is possibly the most famous female voice in Odisha literature. She is considered extremely talented and competent. She has published twenty-one novels, eighteen collections of short stories, two essay volumes and one volume of poetry , as well as travel stories and children's books. Her first book, Barsha-Basanta-Baishakha , which appeared in 1974, was already a great success. Pratibha Ray often chooses a psychosocial focus in her works, but does not ignore political and social dimensions either. She often deals with historical and mythical topics. In her novel Yajnaseni, for example, she took up the myth of Draupadi - a well-known female figure in Indian mythology - and retold the legend from a feminist perspective . Likewise, in Mahamoh she processed classically Vedic themes and focused on figures that were difficult to understand, such as Ahalya , the wife of the seer (Rishi) Gautama . The scientific work on the Bondo also served as the basis for literary writing. Her short story collection Bhagabanara Desh (Land of God) and her novel Aadibhoomi (Primal Land) have their roots in it. She published an autobiography under the title Amrit Anwesha (In search of Nectar) . Her works have been translated into English and several Indian languages. Ten doctoral theses on her writing have already been published in India, and her books are taught at several Indian universities.
Adaptations for television and dance
Her novel Yajnaseni underwent adaptations as a television series in Hindi and as a ballet performance . Her novel Mahamoha served as the basis for a traditional Odisha dance performance during an annual meeting of the Odisha Society of the Americas .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oriya novelist and academician Pratibha Ray wins 2011 Jnanpith Award. Press Trust of India , December 27, 2012, accessed November 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Biography :. Pratibha Ray, accessed November 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Saumya Parida: Odisha: Eminent fiction writer Dr Pratibha Ray to receive coveted Jnanpith Award. (No longer available online.) Orissadiary.com, December 26, 2012, archived from the original on January 11, 2013 ; accessed on November 12, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Adopted Works. Pratibha Ray, accessed November 12, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ray, Pratibha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ray, Prabita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Odisha |