Ratnakar Rout Biography

I love literature, in particular the poems.I am a bilingual poet, a storyteller and an essayist.I write in my mother tongue 'ORIYA' and in 'ENGLISH'.Usually my essays are based on poetry and present social issues.I am an ameture writer as my proffesion is something else.But creative writing is my passion.I have been writing poems etc. for last thirty years in spite all my other engagements.During this long period, I have written around 800poems,50 shortstories and many essays which are published in different periodicals and journals.Six poetry collections, three shortstory collections and one book on essays on poetry have been published so far by different publication houses.I love literateurs, poets as my family members and find pleasure and utmost satisfaction in their company and also interacting with them.I would request earnestly to all fellow members and guest visitors to read my poems and offer their valuable comments and suggestions so as to encourage and guide me for writing more and more better poems in future.I do not create poetry rather my innerself compels me to write down something at times and that is what the poetry is for me.