Balakrishna Kar was born in 1886,He was a litterateur and journalist. He passed the B.A. examination from Calcutta University and taught in high schools. In 1927 he established the Saraswata Press at Cuttack. His first works were: Chandragupta (a historical drama, 1926) and Phulachangudi (Basket of flowers, 1928) which is an odia version of an English original. Then he published Nuapatha (New lessons), Charupatha (Fine lessons, 1940) and the journals Jahnamamu (The uncle moon, 1932) and Madhukosha (Treasury of honey, 1944) – all these for children. He was the editor of Sishu sankhali (Children’s darling), an encyclopaedia for children in 3 volumes (1941-57), and of the daily news-paper, Matrubhumi (started in 1950, now defunct.)

He is also the author of the following biographies: Maithili, Padmini, Rani Laksmibai, Madhusudan,
Kharabela and Ashoka. His translations include Sibadasa (a translation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, 1937), Se deshara purana katha (The mythological stories of that country, Greece), Nitimanjari (moral tales based on Aesop’s fables, 1943). He edited also Sahakara (1930), the Ramayana (1931), Bhagavad Gita (1932) and Purohita sarvasva (1935).

Odia Books By Balakrishna Kar

Nuapatha
Charupatha
Sishu Sankhali
Matrubhumi

Biographies

Maithili
Padmini
Rani Laksmibai
Kharabela
Ashoka
Ashoka