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Manoranjan Das

Manoranjan Das (b.1927) is the pioneer of the modern Oriya drama. His important plays include Janmamati (1943), Nandika Kesari (1985), Aranya Fasal, Jauban), August Na (1947), Baxi Jagabandhu, Agami, Abarodha, Kathagodha, and Sabdalipi. The play Aranya Fasal won him the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1971.