Odia Books

Golakbihari Dhal was born in 1921,he was a linguist and writer. He took his M.A. in Sanskrit from Patna University (1943-45) and also in Linguistics from London University (1949-51). From London he visited the United States for a short time, on the award of a scholarship. Joining Orissa Education Service he taught phonetics in some of the schools of linguistics which were held by the Deccan College, Poona in collaboration with Rockefeller Foundation of New York. He was duly promoted to the Post-Graduate Professorship in odia in Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. His important works are:

Amerika anubhuti (My experience in America, 1952) which deals with the author’s experience about the
social life in America; London chithi (Letters from London, 1953) – mainly a book of travel to and in England; Manisara bhasha (The language of man, 1953) which analyses the human speech from the
phonetic standpoint with suitable illustrations from the odia language; Amara manisa (Immortal men, 1955) which contains short biographies of some great men; Shishushiksha-kathamala (1955) which deals with stories of children; Gandhijinka sahita eka saptaha (A week with Gandhiji, 1955); Petara pabana patira katha (The air of the stomach is the speech of the mouth, 1956) – simple phonetics primer; Godana (1957) – an odia translation of the famous Hindi novel of Premchand; Dhvani vijnana (Science of Phonetics, 1958) – an authoritative book on Phonetics in Hindi; Ingreji uchcharana-shiksha (How to pronounce English, 1963)and Bidesha yatra (Journey to a foreign country, 1964).He was awarded a prize by the Government of India for promoting adult education.

Odia Books By Golakbihari Dhal

Amerika Anubhuti
London Chithi
Manisara Bhasha
Amara Manisa
Shishushiksha-Kathamala
Petara Pabana Patira