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Acharya’s Literary Career as a writer in the field of Creative Literature started in the year 1959 with the publication of the short story “ Mana Murmara” ( Murmuring Mind ) in the reputed monthly literary magazine, “Jhankar”, edited by Dr. Harekrishna Mahatab and since then hundreds of short and long stories and several novels have been unceasingly outpouring from the writer’s pen till to-date. However his earliest creative faculty manifested itself in the outburst of poetry. Between 1944 –46, at the age of eleven to thirteen, he wrote hundreds of poems some of which were collected in an unpublished manuscript named Mandakini. ( The manuscript is under print now, getting ready for publication shortly)
Acharya is a leading literary figure of the State and the Country and is hailed as the pioneer of the new school of fiction, in the Indian Literary epoch, in the aftermath of Independence. As a Novelist, Story Writer, Science fiction writer, Children’s Litterateur and columnist he has been amply recognized and awarded both at the State and National levels. He was awarded the National Sahitya Academy Award for short stories in the year 1993. Prior to that he received the Orissa Sahitya Academy Award, for his classic novel, Nara- Kinnara, in 1962. His contribution to Children’s literature also got National recognition, twice, in the years 1961 and 1963. However, his main body of literary works has received profound critical attention from the very start quite early, in the sixties, and is being continuously reviewed through deeper research at the higher academic levels, in the Departments of Language and Literature of post graduate studies in the Universities, with simultaneous reach and spread of his popularity amongst his ever growing number of fans.
Some classic novels and short stories of Acharya have been translated into English, Russian, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannad, Telegu, Malayalam and other Indian languages and have been published in reputed periodicals like Indian Literature [English] New Quest [English], Dharma Yug [Hindi], Sharika [Hindi], Desh [Bengali], Mayur [Kannada] etc. His stories have also been included in publications of international publishing firms like HarperCollins and Raduga Publications, Moscow, and other publishing houses of the country like the National Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, National Book Trust of India, Central Hindi Directorate and Bharatiya Jnan Pith etc. Some of his novels have also been translated into English, Hindi and Gujarati and published in Delhi and Ahmedabad.
Acharya is a leading literary figure of the State and the Country and is hailed as the pioneer of the new school of fiction, in the Indian Literary epoch, in the aftermath of Independence. As a Novelist, Story Writer, Science fiction writer, Children’s Litterateur and columnist he has been amply recognized and awarded both at the State and National levels. He was awarded the National Sahitya Academy Award for short stories in the year 1993. Prior to that he received the Orissa Sahitya Academy Award, for his classic novel, Nara- Kinnara, in 1962. His contribution to Children’s literature also got National recognition, twice, in the years 1961 and 1963. However, his main body of literary works has received profound critical attention from the very start quite early, in the sixties, and is being continuously reviewed through deeper research at the higher academic levels, in the Departments of Language and Literature of post graduate studies in the Universities, with simultaneous reach and spread of his popularity amongst his ever growing number of fans.
Some classic novels and short stories of Acharya have been translated into English, Russian, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannad, Telegu, Malayalam and other Indian languages and have been published in reputed periodicals like Indian Literature [English] New Quest [English], Dharma Yug [Hindi], Sharika [Hindi], Desh [Bengali], Mayur [Kannada] etc. His stories have also been included in publications of international publishing firms like HarperCollins and Raduga Publications, Moscow, and other publishing houses of the country like the National Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, National Book Trust of India, Central Hindi Directorate and Bharatiya Jnan Pith etc. Some of his novels have also been translated into English, Hindi and Gujarati and published in Delhi and Ahmedabad.