Tapan PattanaikAs one of the most prolific and versatile Odia writers continuously writing for over five decades, Tapan Pattanaik has produced a hamper of forty eight precious publications which include 30 books of poems,5 books of lyrics, 11 fictions, and 2 plays.However, poetry is a passion for him. Love for life and nature pitted against an unheeding Time and elusive Destiny has been a recurrent theme of his poems, which he writes in free-flowing lyrical lines with a spontaneity rarely found in contemporary Odia literature. His prime resolve is to move forward, keep on writing nonstop and to embrace and capture each and every moment of life in its intensity and to preserve them in the immortal pages for posterity. Read More Read Less