A Dialogue with Memory

Back of the Book: One day watching the sun going down the western sky, Manoranjan Das (b.1921), one of modern India's eminent playwrights enters into a unique dialogue with his memories. What unfolds is the drama of an extraordinarily creative and eventful life, that raised the curtains on an important stage in the development of art and culture in modern India, and particularly the growth of modern theatre in Orissa. Jatindra Kumar Nayak teaches English at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. He has co-translated Fakir Mohan Senapati's autobiography, Atmajivani Charita (Story of My Life) and Manoranjan Das's play, August Na. He won the Katha Translation Award in 1997. Arun Kumar Mohanty is currently working as Editor, Orissa Review in Information and Public Relations Department, Govt. of Orissa. He has translated Gopinah Mohanty's novel Dadi Budha (The Ancestor) and co-translated Manoranjan Das's play August Na. He won Prafulla Anubad Pratibha Ratna Award of Utakal Sahitya Samaj, Cuttack in 2000.