Atmacharita Phakirmohan Senapati  (English, Paperback, Debendra Kumar Dash)

Phakirmohan Senapati's Atmacharita is arguably the first autobiography in Odia language. Regarded not only as the best autobiography in the Odia language even today, it also takes a pride of place among the most notable autobiographies of Indian literature. Atmacharita is not merely an account of Phakirmohan's life, it is, more significantly, the linguistic representation of contemporary history and social life. Objective self-analysis, consciousness of life around it, historical insight, social enquiry, and above all, a novel-like imaginative, narrative and rhetorical style characterize it. The English translation of this new and factual edition is likely to apopeal to the wide range of writers, intellectuals, researchers, and general reader alike.