Nanda Kishore Bal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian (Odia) Writer
Date of Birth: 22-Dec-1875
Place of Birth: Cuttack District, Odisha, India
Date of Death: 01-Jul-1928
Profession: poet, author
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Nanda Kishore Bal
- Nanda Kishore Bal (22 December 1875 – 1 July 1928), was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Odia poetry.
- He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Odisha.
- He was initially named as Rasananda Jena.
- Later he was adopted by her aunt and then came the name Nanda Kishore Bal.
- He is popularly known as "Palli Kabi" (the poet of rural life) for his tender lyrics, celebrating the beauty of rural Odisha in his poems.Pallikabi Nanda Kishore Bal was a poet of the rural scene, portraying its simplicity, its superstitions and festivals.
- His popular lyrics for children Nana Baya Gita are sung to the accompaniment of music.
- He wrote several poems that reveal his strong spiritual inclination, and sharp awareness of social problems.
- Among his collections are, Nirjharini(The Stream), Palli Chitra (The picture of countryside), Basanta-Kokila, Tarangini, Charuchitra, Nirmalya, Prabhata Sangeeta, Sandhya Sangita, Krushna Kumari and Sarmishtha. Nanda Kishore Bal wrote about a hundred sonnets which are scattered throughout his collections.
- His sonnets deal with both nature and personal suffering, and reveal high poetic sensibility.
- These sonnets are known for their restrained thoughts and versification.Kanakalata by Nanda Kishore is a novel published in 1925.
- A substantial part of this novel was actually published in serialized form in Utkal Sahitya in 1913.
- The plot of the novel is an indictment of the evils of dowry system in rural aristocratic society, and the predicament of the child-widows, who were condemned into a life of anguish and suffering.
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