Daily Current Affairs / Eminent litterateur Manorama Mohapatra passes away at the age of 87
Category : Obituaries Published on: September 19 2021
· Eminent litterateur, social activist and former editor of Odia daily 'The Samaj' Manorama Mohapatra passed away.
· Mohapatra has more than 40 books and novels to his name.
· Her first book, Juar Jiunthi Uthe, a collection of revolutionary poems on women empowerment, was published in 1960.
· Apart from contributing to the fields of literature and social work, she was a renowned orator who dominated the field of public speaking for more than 60 years.
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