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Gopinath Mohanty | |
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 Gopinath Mohanty at Home in Bhubaneswar in 80s | |
| Born | 20 April 1914 Nagabali, Cuttack |
| Died | 20 August 1991 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | M.A. |
| Alma mater | Ravenshaw College Patna University |
| Occupation(s) | Administrator; UGC distinguished visiting professor, Utkal University |
| Awards | Jnanpith Award Padma Bhushan |
Gopinath Mohanty (1914–1991), winner of the Jnanpith award, and the first winner of the National Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 – for his novel, Amrutara Santana – was a prolific Odia writer of the mid-twentieth century. Satya Prakash Mohanty, professor of English, Cornell University says: "In my opinion, Gopinath Mohanty is the most important Indian novelist in the second half of the twentieth century."[1]
- ^ Amrutara Santana: The Dynasty of The Immortals by Gopinath Mohanty (2015). Translated by Bidhu Bhusan Das, Prabhat Nalini Das and Oopali Operajita. Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. Back cover quote. ISBN 978-81-260-4746-8