Gopal Rath
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Gopal Krushna Rath | |
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| Born | 3 August 1945 Sambalpur |
| Died | 30 December 2016 (aged 71) Pune |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Language | Odia |
| Education | LLM, Ph D. |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | Bipula Diganta |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi |
| Spouse | Dr Kiranbala Rath |
Gopal Krushna Rath (1945 – 2016) was an Indian Odia poet. He won Sahitya Akademi[1] award for Odia literature in 2014 for his poetry collection Bipula Diganta.
Rath was born in Sambalpur, on 3 August 1945.[2] He grew up in Sambalpur town and studied to become a law professional. He started his career as a judge; however he changed his career to academics. He retired as a Professor in Law from Sambalpur University. He was a former chairman of the PG Council of Sambalpur University. He was also member of Sahitya Akademi advisory board [3]
He was married to Dr Kiranbala Rath, an academic, author and an orator. They had four children but lost three of them.
Rath renounced material world and became a sanyasi in 2014. He was also known as Srimat Swami Gururupananda Saraswati Maharaj. Along with Gopal Krushna, his wife also took to Sanyas and is known as Maa Kalyanmayee Saraswati.[citation needed]
