Dash Benhur Explained

Jitendra Narayan Dash (birth 3 August 1953),^[1] who writes under the pseudonym of Dash Benhur is a Sahitya Akademi award winner writer from Odisha. He was born in Khandapada in Nayagarh district, Odisha.^[2] He retired as the Principal of Samanta Chandra Sekhara College, Puri. He is a founder member of Aama Odisha.^[3]

Works

He is the author of more than 100 books, including 15 collections of short-stories.^[4]

Children's literature

• The Puduga king & other stories, 2013
• Unforgettable Stories, 2007
• A Basket of Stories (Stories), 2005
• The Story of Maita (Novel), 2005
• Manu and the Sparrow (Story), 2001
• Play Fun with Riddles (Riddles), 2001
• My Pet Poetry Book (Poem), 2001
• All Time Rhymes for Children, 2001
• Rhymes for Little Reema, 2001

Short stories

• Kaanduri and Other Stories, 2015
• Gandhi Tales from Odisha, 2013
• Alms and other stories, 2008
• The Tribute and other stories, 2006
• The Drawing and other stories, 1987

Novel

• Pagadi purusha,2 015

Awards

• Sahitya Akademi Bal Puraskar, 2014^{[5] [6]}
• Odisha Vigyan Academy Popular Science-writer award, 1999 ^{[7] [8]}
• NCERT Prize for Children's Literature,1989
• Odisha Sahitya Academy award, 1987^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: PROFORMA - JNDASH . scscollege.nic.in . 4 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130503022511/http://www.scscollege.nic.in/lecturerbiodata/JNDASH.pdf . 3 May 2013 .
2. Book: Michael Heyman, Sumanyu Satapthy, & Anushka Ravishankar, Eds.. The Tenth Rasa: An Anthology of Indian Nonsense. 2007. Penguin Books India. 978-0-14-310086-7. 213–.
3. Web site: Welcome to Aama Odisha.
4. Web site: Dash Benhur - Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Bal Sahitya. IncredibleOrissa. 10 June 2016. 23 August 2014.
5. Web site: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards. 10 June 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150630000355/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/bal%20sahitya%20samman_suchi.jsp. 30 June 2015. dead.
6. Web site: Odisha writer Dash Benhur gets Central Sahitya Akademi award . 22 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140923041930/http://odishasuntimes.com/81286/odisha-writer-dash-benhur-gets-central-sahitya-akademi-award/. usurped. 23 September 2014. OdishaSunTimes. 22 August 2014.
7. Web site: Welcome to Muse India . www.museindia.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305163855/http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=1688 . 2016-03-05 .
8. Web site: ଗୋଟିଏ ଦିନରେ ଦାଶ ବେନହୁରଙ୍କ ୧୨ ଟି ପୁସ୍ତକ ଲୋକାର୍ପିତ.
9. Web site: ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ପୁରସ୍କୃତ ପୁସ୍ତକ ଓ ଲେଖକ. Odisha Sahitya Akademi. 12 June 2016. 13 June 2016. https://archive.today/20160613164155/http://odishasahityaakademi.org/sahitya-award5.php. dead.