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Dr Pratibha Ray is undoubtedly one of the most gifted and accomplished amongst the contemporary short story writers and novelists in Odisha. She has an impressive corpus of eighteen novels, several short story collections, one travelogue, nine books for children and ten for neo-literates. She has received numerous awards and honours, including the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award (1985) for her Odia Novel Shilapadma, the Sarala Award for her Odia Novel Yajnaseni, the Katha Award for Creative Fiction for the story “Shapya” (1994) and the Biswv Award (1995) for her contribution to Odia literature. She is also the first woman to receive the Moorti Devi Award of the Bharatiya Jnanpith (1991) for her path-breaking work, Yajnaseni.

Odia Story Book Chandrabhaga O Chandrakala By Dr Pratibha Ray