Santanu Kumar Acharya is an Indian writer. Santanu Kumar Acharya, born on 1933 in Kolkata, hails from the village Siddheswar Pur of Cuttack district, Odisha. He served the Government of Odisha as a college teacher for 34 years from 1958 to 1992 when he retired as the Registrar of Utkal University.
He has written 15 novels, 22 short story collections comprising about 400 stories, and 10 children's books.
Autobiography:Mo Jeeban : Anya Eka Upanyasa, 2013 (My Life is Another Novel)
Travelogue:Baichitryamaya Desha: America Bhramana, 2015 (The Mysterious Country: America - A travelogue)
Author's Books Translated into other languages:
English:Shakuntala : Award Winning Original Novel in Odia Language,1980, Translated to English by Lipipushpa Nayak, First Edition 2014Anoma's Daughter: Award winning Original Novel in Odia, Anomara Kanya,(2003), Translated to English by Bibhas Mohanty and the authorSantanu Kumar Acharya: Collection of Short Stories, Publ: Grass Roots, Kolkata, 2004, Translated by St-Pierre, Leelawati Mohapatra and K.K. Mohapatra.Hindi:Shakuntala (Novel), Publ: Radhakrishna Prakashan (Rajkamal) Pvt Ltd,( 1997) Dariya Ganj, Delhi-2, Traanslated from author's original novel Shakuntala in Odia to Hindi by Prof Radhakanta Mishra.Dakshinavarta, 2002 (Novel), Translated from author's novel Dakshinavarta in Odia to Hindi by Dr Srinivas UdgataGujarati:Dakshinavarta (Novel), Publ: 1986, Translated from Author's original Odia Novel Dakshinavarta to Gujarati and published by Dr Ranuka SriramBengali:Chalanti Thakura (Academy Award Winning Book: Short Story Collection of the author) Publ:1991, Translated from Author's Original Short Story Collection to Bengali by Shyamasundar Mahapatra and Amitrasudan Bhattacharya, Publisher: Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 2016.National Award for Children's Literature from the Ministry of Education, Government of India (1961 and 1963)1961: for Mo katha ghoda katha kahe (My Wooden Horse Speaks; Science Fiction for Children)1963, for Akashaku satoti pahacha (Seven Steps to Heavens; Science Fiction for Children on Space Travel)Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award, 1962 (for his novel Nara Kinnara)Sarala Puraskara, 1987 ; A prestigious literary award offered annually by Odisha's famous industrial house IMFA, for his novel ShakuntalaSahitya Akademi Award, 1993 (Indian National Academy of Literature) for his short story book Chalanti Thakura (The Living God)Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, Kolkata, Konarka Prize, 1994, for his short story book: Chalanti Thakura (The Living God)Sahitya Bharati Puraskar, 2004, by Gangadhara Ratha Foundation, for his life-time achievements and contributions to Odia LiteratureKatha Puraskar, 2003, by Katha Bharati Foundation, New Delhi, for his Odia novel: Anomara Kanya, translated into English as Anoma's DaughterAtibadi Jagannath Das Award, the highest honour given by the State, conferred by Sahitya Akademy, Odisha, for lifelong contribution to Odia literature and excellence, in a special ceremony, on 25 July 2014, at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
