Background
Routray was born in Gurujang, near Khurda on 13 May 1916.
Routray was born in Gurujang, near Khurda on 13 May 1916.
He was popularly known as Sachi Routray. He was brought up and educated in Bengal. Routray started writing poems from the age of eleven.
He was also involved in freedom struggle while in school.
Some of his poems were banned by British Raj for revolutionary content. He died in Cuttack on 21 August 2004.