Gaurikumar Brahma

Gouri Kumar Brahma (20 February 1920 – 29 September 2011) was an academic, literary critic, orator and writer. His works are mainly in Odia and Sanskrit. He was popular for his talks on Jagannath culture and literature of Upendra Bhanja in Odia, English Sanskrit and Hindi. He died at Bhubaneswar.

Early life and family Gourikumar's father was Chandrasekhar Brahma and Mother was Savitri Devi. His birthplace was at Prataplaxmanpur village of Bhanjanagar.

Career He served as a teacher for some time at kazipur and Digapahandi. He worked as a lecturer in Odia. He also served as Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Odisha Sangita nataka Akademi and Odisha Lalitakala Akademi. He served as deputy Director of Department of Culture and Tourism, Government Of Odisha. he also served as chief tourism adviser to Government of Odisha. He retired as a Reader of Odia at Ravenshaw College. Throughout his career he wrote a number of critiques, interpretations on Odia literature such as on works of Upendra Bhanja, Abhimanyu Samanta Sinhara and others. He has been described as a "incomparable orator". He has been given epithets such as Purusha Saraswati, Sahitya Martanda, Kabi Kokila, Utkala Vachaspati.

Awards Utkal Ratna, 2007 Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman, 1998 Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award Sarala Sammana