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Monalisa Jena has been selected for the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi award

Bhubaneswar: Author Monalisa Jena has been selected for the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi award for translation of an Assamese book into ‘Asirbadara Ranga’ in Odia originally penned by Arun Sharma. She had won the Odisha Sahitya Akademi award in 2007 for another Assamese translation ‘Astoraga’.Jena, a Ravenshaw alumnus, has authored several original books too while she has also translated several books from Odia to English literature and vice versa.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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