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- He is considered as a trendsetter in modern Oriya
fiction.
- 2003: He has received the
prestigious Sarala Award.
- 1990: He received the
Orissa Sahitya Akademy Award.
- 1985: He received the
Jhankar Award.
- He spent over 3 decades of his life working in the coal
mines in western Orissa.
- Indian feminist writer Sarojini Sahoo is his wife.
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