Sitakant Mahapatra is a distinguished Odia writer and critic. He holds a doctorate in Social Anthropology and after two years of University teaching, he joined Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1961 and held several important positions like Secretary (Culture), Government of India; Secretary, Official Languages and Chairman, National Book Trust. He has published 21 anthologies of poems, 9 collections of essays on literature and culture and 4 travelogues. He has also translated and edited 10 anthologies of the Oral Poetry of Indian Tribes. His works have been translated into many Indian as well as foreign languages. He has lectured extensively on development of Anthropology and Literature in several universities like Harvard, Chicago, Birmingham etc. He has received several awards including Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, Jnanpith Award, Sahitya Akademi Award, Sarala Award, Gangadhar Meher National Award, Joshua Sahitya Samman, Kabir Samman, Soviet Land Nehru Award etc. He has been a fellow in world's two premier Universities, namely Cambridge and Harvard and three Indian Universities have honoured him with Honorary D.Litt. degrees.
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