Basanta Kishore Sahoo (born 15 March 1955[1]) is a research scholar and a children's writer who published his Ph.D thesis on the topic of "Oriya Moukhika Shisu Sahitya." He is an Indian children's writer and research scholar who created his own field. He was born on 15 March 1955, at Kusupur, a famous village in the Mahanga block of Cuttack District of Orissa State where Palikabi Nanda Kishore Bal, Silpiguru Bimbadhar Barma, Kabi Gyanindra Burma, Reporter Rajendra Burma and Suvendra Burma, Editor Pradmyuna Bal and Sishu Sahityika Nanda Kishore Bal were born. His father's name is Bira Kishore Sahoo and mother's name Malli Dei. Now he is working as a Lecturer in Oriya at Aeronautics College, Sunabeda of Koraput District.
He is one of the most famous children's writer of the present time. He wrote 25 books in Oriya, English, Hindi and Bengali which are popular among the children of Orissa. Phula Ame Phula is his first children's poem collection which was published in 1992. After that his book Agada Bagada Jhainki Jhumpa was published which gave him name and fame. He wrote both criticism and creative books for children as well as scholars of the state in his mother tongue Oriya. He got his Ph. D. in Oriya Moukhika Shisu Sahitya which is also published in book form and popularize him among the scholar and readers because in this thesis he collected the folk songs of Orissa which are fading from memory.
He is married to Smt. Binapani Sahoo, daughter of Sri Raj Kishore Sahoo who is a Headmaster of M.E. School of Bartanda village of Jajpur District in 12 June 1985. Gitimaya Sahoo his son born in 1987 is working as a software engineer at Infosys and he has a daughter, Bulbul Priyadarshini Sahoo.
After doing his social and educational responsibility he engaged himself to create good moral poems for the betterment of the children of Orissa. He also actively participated in the development the Oriya Children's Literature through the Research Institute for Oriya Children's Literature, (RIOCL) which was established by Dr. Manindra Mohanty, the first scholar of Oriya children's literature and his guide, who said:
He also edited a children's magazine called Bagalabaguli from 1981 to 1985. He is the founder secretary of Banaphula Sahitya Parishad, Sunabeda and Oriya Lekhaka Pathaka Sammelan Semiliguda for the development of Oriya Literature in the Koraput district.
He started his profession career as instructor in Secretarial Practice and Hadidas Mahavidyalay, Chhatia as well as Aeronautics college Sunabeda. Now he is working as a Lect. In Oriya at Aeronautics College, Sunabeda. He has guided doctoral reaserach and also published many research articles in various research journals of Orissa.
He is a member of many organization in Orissa including the Research Institute of Oriya Children's Literature (RIOCL), AIJLC, Calcutta, Banaphula Sahitya Parishad, Sunabeda, Oriya Lekhaka Pathaka Sammelan, Semiliguda, Oriya Gabesana Parishad, Cuttack, Utkal Sahitya Samaj, Cuttack, Banaprabha Sahitya Parishad, Sunabeda and many more organization of the state of Orissa.
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Dr Sahoo edited a quarterly children's magazine in the year 1981 which was published since 1984 regularly from Kusupur, Dt. Cuttack. He also edited 8 volumes of Banaphula which consists of stories and poems the yearly magazine of Banaphula Sahitya Parishad Sunabeda. He came to Sunabeda in the year 1984. When he came to Sunabeda there is literary activities in the township. He framed a Literary Organization namely Banaphula Sahitya Parishad with other person. After that Odia Lekhaka Pathaka Samelen was also established with the help Social worker and Bhudan Karmi Krushna Singh.
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