Background
PADhi, Bibhu Prasad was born on January 16, 1951 in Cuttack, India. Son of Nilachal and Padma (Rath) PADhi.
PADhi, Bibhu Prasad was born on January 16, 1951 in Cuttack, India. Son of Nilachal and Padma (Rath) PADhi.
He also received a Doctor of Letters (Doctor of Letters ) from Utkal University in 1991 in English Literature.
He writes in English and Oriya languages. He is also a literary critic and translator. He has written several books
He received his education from Ravenshaw Collegiate School and Ranihat High School, Cutack.
He joined Ravenshaw College, Cuttack for a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in 1969 and Master of Arts in English Literature in 1971. Padhi joined Ravenshaw College (now Ravneshaw University) Department of English in 1974 and was teaching there until 1981 and later from 1985 to 1992.
He was also Counsellor for Odisha branch of Indira Gandhi National Open University ( Indira Gandhi National Open University) from 1986 to 1990 for "Diploma in Creative Writing in English". He has also taught at Science Sector college Puri-on-Sea.
He has 11 volume of poems written in English.
In the critical work Studies in Indian in English Doctor Chittaranjan Mishra writes about Padhi"s poetic style as "rooted in his soil". His poems featured in the poetry anthology, The Dance of the Peacock: An Anthology of English from India, featuring 151 Indian English poets, edited by Vivekanand Jha and published by Hidden Brook Press, Canada. Jaydeep Sarangi, an ardent scholar of Indian English poetry traces a beguiling sensibility in his poems: "joy in living and loving.
Joy in the vivid and animated, weird complicated poetics that is ordinary life.": Muse India.
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Member Modern Language Association, David Herbert Lawrence Society N. American, Indian Association English Studies, Indian Association for American Studies.
Married Minakshi Rath, March 7, 1976. Children: Buddhaditya, Siladitya.