Manu Dash

Manu Dash is a poet, editor, translator and cultural activist. He writes in Odia and in English. His works include two collections of poems and short stories, and four collections of essays. He has translated the works of Mahesh Dattani, Kedarnath Singh, Namita Gokhale, UdayanVajpeyi and Uday Prakash. Wings Over the Mahanadi, an anthology of eight Odia poets writing in English, edited by him, was recently published by Poetrywala, Mumbai. He edits The Dhauli Review, a quarterly of Indian writing, an Odia bi-monthly, Chera, and runs a publishing unit, Dhauli Books that publishes books in English including Indian languages.

Attending Session

April 22, 2020 ● 11.30am
Bamana Arzee - Launch of Odia edition of Chandrahas Choudhury’s book, Arzee the Dwarf, translated by Sindhubala Choudhury. The author and the translator in conversation with Manu Dash. (Odia Session)

April 22, 2020 ● 4pm
Poetry Interlude - Gayatribala Panda and Manu Dash (Odia Session)