I knew Jayanta Mahapatra, who died on 27 August, first through letters. It was with the first set of poems I sent out that I tentatively decided to call myself a poet. At that time, the journal ...
It's nothing short of euphoria that the living legend and poster boy (boy!) of Indian English poetry, Jayanta Mahapatra has come up with his 22nd collection of poems, at the ripe old age of 95. This ...
Scent of Rain is about remembering Jayanta Mahapatra, and his ‘relationship’ with the world of poetry; it’s a mesmeric parable of remembrance, a lushly physical, sensual and spiritual journey between ...
The New Indian Express: Jayanta Mahapatra is an inspiration for NE poets: Mamang Dai
BHUBANESWAR: There is so much to celebrate in Jayanta Mahapatra’s poetry and life, said Sahitya Akademi awardee poet Mamang Dai. Delivering the first Jayanta Mahapatra memorial lecture, organised by ...
Bilingual poet Gopal Lahiri became the first author to be conferred the Jayanta Mahapatra National Award for Literature (JMNAfL) on February 3. The Bhubaneswar-based Udaygiri Foundation honoured ...
Jayanta Mahapatra rarely left his hometown of Cuttack. But, his poetry has travelled far. The first Indian poet to win the Sahitya Akademi Award for English poetry, Mahapatra played a significant role ...
JAYANTA and Sitakant Mahapatra are two thoroughbreds who have kept up withPegasus these many years. Their devotion to the muse has been single-minded. They havenever deviated into other genres. The ...
Poets we lost recently (clockwise from top left): Jayanta Mahapatra, Keki Daruwalla, Gieve Patel, Saleem Peeradina. Yet, apart from Nissim Ezekiel, whose authorised biography I published in 2000 ...