Prof. Gaganendra Nath Dash (b. 1940) is a scholar in the field of Orissan studies. A Ph.D. from Utkal University, he has specialised in Oriya language studies and ethnohistory and socio-religious history of Orissa. He has written a number of papers and books on the subject. Presently, he is head of the Department of Linguistics, Berhampur University.
1. Gokarnika Award in 2001
2. The Jhankar Prize (for essay and criticism) in 2002
3. The Istahar Silver Jubilee Award (for essay and criticism) in 2003
4. Utkala Sahitya Samaj Prize (for essay and criticism) in 2005
5. Orissa Sahitya Akademi Award (for essay and criticism) in 2006
6. Fakirmohan Sahitya Parishad Award (for writing on Fakirmohan Senapati) in 2007
7. Bhubaneswar Book Fair Rajat Samman in 2010.
8. He has been awarded the very prestigious Vishva Prize (Vishnu Puraskar) by Prajatantra Prachar samiti, Cuttack in 2011
Life-member, Linguistic Society of India.
Life-member, The Institute of Oriya Studies, Cuttack
1. The Structure of Verb Stem in Oriya, In: Indian Linguistics, XXXII/3, 1971.
2. Madala Panji: Rajabhoga, In: The Secod Interim Report, Orissa Research Project, (mimeo), 1971
3. Historcal Oriya Morphology: Review, In: Indian Linguistics, XXXVII/3, 1976.
4. The First Oriya Grammar, In: Image I/I, 1976.
5. The Kings and the Priests: An Analysis of a Gita-Govinda Tradition, In: Visva-Bharati Quarterly, 40/3, 1976.
6. The Evolution of the Priestly Power: The Ganga Vamsa Period, In: The Cult of Jagannatha and the Regional Tradition of Orissa, by A. Eschmann, H. Kulke and G.C. Tripathi (eds.), New Delhi, 1978.
7. The Evolution of the Priestly Power: The Surya Vamsa Period, In: The Cult of Jagannatha and the Regional Tradition of Orissa, by A. Eschmann, H. Kulke and G.C. Tripathi (eds.) New Delhi, 1978.
8. Jagannatha and Oriya Nationalism, In: The Cult of Jagannatha and the Regional Tradition of Orissa by A. Eschmann, H. Kulke and G.C. Tripathi (eds.) New Delhi, 1978.
9. Baharistan-i-Ghayabi as a Source of Orissan History, In: Berhampur University Research Journal, Vol. IV, 1979.
10. Making of a Legendary Tradition, In: The Cultural Heritage of Orissa by B.C. Ray (ed.), Bhubaneswar, 1984.
11. Oriya Bhagavata by Jagannatha Das and Opposition to it, In: Studies in the Bhagavata ed. by K.C. Mishra, Bhubaneswar, The Institute of Orissan Culture, 1988.
12. Pandit Nilkantha as a Linguist, In: Essays on Linguistics and Folkloristics, ed. by P. Mohanty, Bhubaneswar, 1996.
13. History of Oriya Language, In: Comprehensive History and Culture of Orissa by P.K. Mishra and J.K. Samal (eds.), New Delhi, 1997.
14. Kalapahar the Iconoclast: Making and Message of Legendary Tradition, In: Jagannatha Revisited: Studying Society, Religion and State in Orissa by H. Kulke and B. Schnepel (eds.) New Delhi, 2001.
15. Introduction (to the ‘Oriya-English Dictionary’, compiled by Rev. R.J. Grundy, Reprint 2002, Bhubaneswar, 2002.
16. Gita-Govinda Tradition: A medieval debate and Its Impact on Modern Oriya Identity, In: text and Context in the History, Literature and Religion of Orissa by A. Malinar, J. Beltz, H. Frese (eds.) New Delhi, (Manohar) 2004.
17. Fakirmohan and Lakshminath: A Comparative Study of their Short Stories. In: Indian Literature-223, Vol. XLVIII, No. 5, Sept.-Oct., 2004, Reprinted in: Fakir Mohan Senapati.
18. Fakir Mohan Senapati’s Discovery from Below: Decolonization and the Search for Linguistic Authenticity. In: The Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. XLI, No. 46, Nov. 18-24, 2006.
19. Changing One’s Own Identity. In: Time in India. Concepts and Practices. ed. Angelika Malinar, New Delhi (Manohar) 2007.
20. The Centre is Out there in the South, in Ghumsar. (Paper presented in an intenational seminar on ‘Centres is Out There? Facets of subregional Identities’ held at Salzau in Germany from 13 to 16 May, 2003, Forthcoming, New Delhi, Manohar.
21. Oriya Identity Construction: An Overview, (paper presented at a National Seminar held at Department of History, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar in 2003).
22. Pala. In: Angarag – 7 (Spring 2009).
23. Redisovering Ramachandra Mangaraj. Chha Mana Atha Guntha: A Critique of Colonial Rule. (To be published by Palgrave-Macmillan, NY, in a volume on Fakirmohan Senapati, the celebrated Oriya novelist, ed. by Satya P. Mohanty).
24. “Rediscovering Ramachandra Mangaraj and Historicizing Senapati’s Critique of Colonialism” in Colonialism, Modernity and Literature: A View from India, ed. Satya P. Mohanty and Palgrave Macmillan 2011, USA.
25. “The Centre Was Out There in the South, in Ghumsar” in Centres Out There? Facets of Subregional Identities in Orissa, ed. Hermann Kulke, Georg Berkemer, 2011, New Delhi, Manohar.
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