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    Radhanath Ray

    Radhanath Ray (28 September 1848 – 17 April 1908) was an Odia writer of initial modernity era
    in Odia poetry during the later part of nineteenth century. He was born in a Zamindar family in
    Baleshwar (Bengal Presidency), now in Odisha, and is honoured in Odia literature with the title
    Kabibara (transl. Poet Boon).[1][2] In his early life, he composed in both Odia and Bengali
    languages, but later he shifted his writings in Odia only. He was born on 28 September 1848, at
    Kedarpur village in Baleswar district, Odisha. He has contributed verses and poetry for Odia
    literature in the nineteenth century.

    Role in the Odia language


    Though the medieval Odia literature was rich and distinct literary tradition and history, some of
    the Bengali educationalists wanted to abolish Odia language as the medium of teaching from
    schools. As Bengal was under by British rule much before Odisha, the Bengalis had the privilege
    to motivate the Anglicist scholars to prove Odia as a branch of Bengali language. However, John
    Beams, a British officer of East India Company first tried to prove that Odia is more ancient
    language than Bengali, and it had a richer literature which Bengali had not. In the Odisha division,
    there were only seven Odia School teachers; Bengalis formed the majority of teachers, even in
    the remote areas. Consequently, Bengali text books were prescribed for Odia students. At that
    time, Radhanath was one of prime figure along with Fakir Mohan Senapati, who fought against
    the expansionism of Bengali educationalist to eradicate Odia language from Odisha. He was the
    Inspector of Odisha Schools Association and along with Fakir Mohan Senapati and Madhusudan
    Rao, he tried to promote text book writings.
    Radhanath Ray is a respectable person he
    wrote his Odia poetry very light and clean. Kabibara

    Radhanath Ray
    Major works
    Radhanatha Ray's first major work was
    Kabitabali, a collection of poems in Bengali
    written at the age of eighteen. It featured in
    most of the major newspapers and journals in
    Kolkatta during that time. His other Bengali
    poem was Lekhabali. Later, he switched over
    to Odia language, and wrote famous Kavyas
    like Kedara Gauri, Nandikeshwari, Chilika,
    Mahajatra – Jajatikeshari, Tulasistabaka, Portrait of
    Urbashi, Darabara, Dasaratha Biyoga, Savitri
    Charita and Mahendra Giri. Additionally, he Radhanath Ray
    wrote more than fifteen essays. Apart from
    his original works, he is also known for his Born 28
    translations and adaptations from the Latin
    Literature. They include Usha, Chandrabhaga September
    and Parbati.[3][4]
    1848
    Kedarpur,
    Father of Odia Baleswar,
    Modernism British
    India (now
    His writings were inspired by many English Odisha,
    Littérateurs like Keats, Scott and Wordsworth.
    He has contributed to Odia poetry by India)
    introducing new forms. He has penned blank-
    verses,[4] satire inspired by writings of Dryden Died 17 April
    and Alexander Pope, denunciation of despots,
    tyrants and oppressors, concern with social
    1908
    problems, a spirit of protest against (aged 59)
    conventional morality, a disbelief in the power
    of gods and goddesses, and patriotic
    Occupation Inspecto
    sentiments, which finally brought him trouble
    from his employers. He was viewed as a of
    national poet of the first order in Odisha.[5]
    School
    Controversy Language Odia
    Nationality Indian
    Though Radhanatha contributed a lot to Odia
    literature, however he was not accepted by the Genre Poet,
    contemporary conservative readers of his
    time. Soon, he was dragged into a novelist,
    controversy. Sudhala Dev, the then king of
    Bamanda awarded the poet the title 'Kabibara', short-story
    and the gesture made some of the critics and
    poets jealous. Some critics wrote that Kabi
    writer,
    Samrat Upendra Bhanja is more powerful than essayist,
    Radhanatha, and these arguments turned into
    a serious topic of controversy like modernity playwright,
    versus tradition. Two of the literary journals
    The Indradhanu and The Bijuli engaged in this
    educationist,
    controversy, and later all the intellectuals got
    cultural
    entangled in this discussion. However, this
    literary controversy ended with a letter of relativist,
    Radhanath.[6]
    orator, song-
    writer.
    Notable Kedara
    See also works Gauri,
    Chilika
    Odia literature Spouse Parasamani
    Odia language

    References

    1. Mohanty, J. (2009). Encyclopaedia of


    Education, Culture and Children's Literature:
    v. 3. Indian culture and education (https://b
    ooks.google.com/books?id=3T2Ph_SmjtoC
    &pg=PA119) . Deep & Deep Publications.
    p. 119. ISBN 978-81-8450-150-6. Retrieved
    2019-12-04.

    2. "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics,


    News, Finance, Sports & Videos" (https://w
    eb.archive.org/web/20091026212111/htt
    p://www.geocities.com/varnamala/editoria
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    October 26, 2009. Retrieved 2007-12-25.,
    accessed 25 December 2007

    3. "Radhanath Ray in India" (http://www.india


    9.com/i9show/Radhanath-Ray-50885.ht
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    4. Mahapatra, B.P.; Kloss, H.; McConnell, G.D.;


    India. Office of the Registrar General
    (1989). Constitutional languages (https://b
    ooks.google.com/books?id=yU8nq-C6wno
    C&pg=PA391) . The Written Languages of
    the World: A Survey of the Degree and
    Modes of Use. India. Presses de l'Université
    Laval. p. 391. ISBN 978-2-7637-7186-1.
    Retrieved 2019-12-04.
    5. Mayadhar, Mansingha :History of Oriya
    Literature : Sahitya Akademy, Delhi

    6. History of Oriya Literature by Dr. Natabar


    Samanta Ray)

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