EMINENT AUTHOR OF SAMBALPUR SHRI BINOD PASAYAT PASSED AWAY.

* EMINENT AUTHOR, WRITER, LYRICIST, DRAMATIST SHRI PADMASHREE AWARDEE BINOD KUMAR PASAYAT PASSED AWAY.

* HE RECEIVED PADMASHREE ON .

* HE BELONGS TO SAMBALPUR, ODISHA.

* HE PASSED AWAY ON 20TH AUGUST 2025.

* HE IS A KOSHALI LITERATURE 

* BORN ON 3rd DECEMBER 1935 

AWARDS - 

* 2008 - SARALA PURASHKAR 

* 2010 - ODISHA SAHITYA AKADEMI 

* 2019 - ODISHA SAHITYA NATAK ACADEMY 

* 2024 - PADMASHREE 

NOTABLE WORKS - 

* HE WROTE SAMBALPURI FILMS LIKE - SAMARPAN, ADIVASI, PARA STRI