Two Plays

Professor Bijoy Kumar Satapathy is a renowned post-modern playwright of Odia literature. He was a professor of the Department of Odia at both Ravenshaw University and Utkal University. Now, he is working in Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences University, Bhubaneswar. A recipient of Odisha Sahitya Akademi for his work Ei Je Surjya Uen in 1987, he has published thirty-five plays and another seventeen performed at All India Radio station, Cuttack. Most of the plays are staged all over Odisha. Some of the notable plays, widely discussed are Kansara Atma, Karna (translated in Bengali), Ei Je Surjya Uen (translated in Hindi), Karagarara Kahani (translated in both Bengali and Hindi), Kokua, Pralaya Pare, Shonita Swakshyara, and Fasilara Nidrabhanga, Pralaya Pare, etc.Along with his creative works, he has published many research articles and books on different genres of Odia literature. In his plays, we can study the elements of myths, legends, traditional practices and folk culture, and transformation technique. Sometimes, Magic Realism is also sincerely observed in his works of art. Most of his plays are social tragedies. His protagonists stand against society and fight to eliminate evil forces and traditional customary practices. The leitmotif of his plays is based upon the ideas of revolution and social transformation. For the last four decades, he has continued his creative writing, including plays, one-act plays, and critical essays on theatre. He is also very active in converting novels and short stories into plays. He has transformed the famous novels like Surendra Mohanty's novel Nilashaila, Kalindi Charan Panigrahi's Luhara Manisha, Harekrushna Mahatab's Trutiya Parba and Manoj Das's Amruta Phala into plays.