Oriya Literature - Age of Marxism or Pragati Yuga

Age of Marxism or Pragati Yuga

With the emergence of the Soviet Union in 1935, a Communist party was formed in Odisha and the periodical Adhunika was published by the party. Bhagawati Charan Panigrahi and Sachidananda Routray were its founding members, and were writers and poets for the party. Bhagwati wrote shorts stories through Sachidananda Routray (also known as "Sachi Routra" or Sachi Babu), but is best remembered for his poems. He is considered the founder of modern poetry in Odisha, introducing the English modernism of Pound and Eliot and the modernism of 1930s poets such as (Auden to Oriya poetry.

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