Chittaranjan Misra Biography

Dr. Chittaranjan Misra has authored six anthologies of poems in Odia and two in English. He has translated Camus' novel The Outsider and four plays of Harold Pinter into Odia. He has published his poems and papers in European Connections, NOCL (USA) , Indian Literature, Kavya Bharati, Chandrabhaga, Indian Journal of English Studies, Dibrugarh Journal of English Studies, Atlantic Literary Review, Rock Pebbles, Indian Age, e-journals like Muse India, and the major journals of Odisha. He has been felicitated by several literary Institutions of Odisha like Prajantra Prachar Samiti, Cuttack Panchama Veda, Rourkela, Sandhyatara Sahitya Sansad, Dhenkanal, Abhinandanika, Puri, Utkal Cultural Association, Puri, Srikhetrashree, Puri, Satta Sahitya Samman, Koraput, Sarata Sahitya Parisad, Cuttack and Sudhanya Samman, Bhubaneswar. He has lectured as a guest speaker and resource person in many universities including the University of Jean Moulin, Lyon in France. He has translated sixteen Odia poems of contemporary Odia poets for the Translation Volume of Poetry Crossed Words published by Bhubaneswar Sahitya Samaj in 2016. He has co-edited Voyage, another anthology of contemporary Odia poems published by Bird Nest in 2017.Some of his poems have been translated into English by Padmashri Jayanta Mahapatra and Bibhu Padhi. He is a Life Member of Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies, Delhi and Utkal Sahitya Samaj, Cuttack. He has supervised research works of scholars of Utkal University at the Doctoral level and has lectured in Refresher Courses as a Resource Person. He has co-edited a collection of critical essays entitled Indian Writing in English: Odishan Contribution in 2015.In 2019 he has edited an anthology titled Resonance: English Poetry from Poets of Odisha published by Authorspress, New Delhi. His poetry collection Lies of Limerence has come out recently.He has retired as Associate Professor and Head, Department of English, B.J.B. Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar in 2019.