Santanu Kumar Acharya
Odia writer
Santanu Kumar Acharya (born 15 May 1933) is a Sahitya Akademi Award-winning Indian writer.
Life
Santanu Kumar Acharya was born on 15 May 1933 in Kolkata, West Bengal, to his mother Krushnapriya Mishra (1910–1942) and father Ananta Charan Acharya (1900–1985). His home at that time was in the village of Sidheswarpur, Odisha, where his grandfather who compiled the Purnachandra Odia Bhashakosha, Gopala Chandra Praharaj, also lived. On 13 June 1942, his mother, Krushnapriya, died. Shortly after her death, the Quit India Movement began in August. Santanu Kumar Acharya's father was a Gandhian, and his family was ostracized by the village elders of Sidheswarpur who were supporters of the British. This event combined with his mother's death just a few months ago led Acharya to find comfort in nature. He began to write poetry about the aesthetics of nature. Soon after that, his poetry started to focus more on introspection rather than aesthetics. In 1944, at the age of 11, he began to write serious poetry which gained him some recognition at his school.
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