Madhusudan Rao
Madhusudan Rao | |
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| Born | 19 January 1853 Puri, Odisha India |
| Died | 28 December 1912 (aged 59) |
| Occupation | Poet, essayist |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable works | Prabandhamala |
Madhusudan Rao (19 January 1853 - 28 December 1912) was an Odia poet and writer from India. He was known as Bhaktakabi.
Life
Madhusudan Rao was born on 19 January 1853 in Puri, Odisha, in a Maratha Kshatriya family. His father was an employee of the Orissa police department, with many transfers to different places. As a result, Madhusudan took his school education from schools in different parts of Odisha - Gop, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar and Puri. After passing his FA from Ravenshaw College in 1871, he stopped studying, as, at the time, there were no colleges or other facilities offering a B. A. in the whole of Odisha. He started a career as a teacher in 1871. He taught at various places. in 1890, he became Deputy Inspector of Education.[1]
He died on 28 December 1912.[2]
Works
He is popularly known in Odisha as Bhaktakabi. According to the Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature, he is considered the father of modern Odia poetry. His Prabandhamala, published in 1880, is considered the first collection of essays in Odia.[3][4]
He started his literary career as an essayist. In 1873, he translated a few works from Sanskrit and English into Odia. They were published in Utkal Darpan, a literary journal. In collaboration with Radhanath Ray, he published two volumes of collections of poems entitled Kabitabali in 1873 and 1874 respectively. They heralded a new era in Odia poetry. In this collection, Rao replaced the old lyrical forms like chautisa, koili, boli, padia, etc., with western forms like the ode, the elegy, the sonnet, etc. His other poetry collections, which also consist of compositions used as lyrics for songs, comprise Chhandamala (Vol. 1, 188; Vol. 2, 1895), Sangitamala (1894), Basanta Gatha (1910), Kusumanjali (1903) and Utkalgatha (1908). He wrote two short stories. He translated the Uttararamacarita of Bhavabhuti into Odia. He also contributed to children's literature.[3]
References
- ^ "BHAKTA KABI MADHUSUDAN RAO". www.123orissa.com. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ Binod Sankar Das (1986). Glimpses of Orissa. Punthi Pustak. p. 138. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
- ^ a b Mohan Lal (2007). Encyclopaedia of Indian Literature: Navaratri-Sarvasena. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. pp. 3585–3586. ISBN 81-260-1003-1.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help); Unknown parameter|ignore-isbn-error=ignored (|isbn=suggested) (help) - ^ Swarupa Gupta (30 October 2017). Cultural Constellations, Place-Making and Ethnicity in Eastern India, c. 1850-1927. Boston: BRILL. p. 80. ISBN 978-90-04-34976-6. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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