Acharya is a leading literary figure of the State and the Country and is hailed as the pioneer of the new school of fiction, in the Indian Literary epoch, in the aftermath of Independence. As a Novelist, Story Writer, Science fiction writer, Children’s Litterateur and columnist he has been amply recognized and awarded both at the State and National levels. He was awarded the National Sahitya Academy Award for short stories in the year 1993. Prior to that he received the Orissa Sahitya Academy Award, for his classic novel, Nara- Kinnara, in 1962. His contribution to Children’s literature also got National recognition, twice, in the years 1961 and 1963. However, his main body of literary works has received profound critical attention from the very start quite early, in the sixties, and is being continuously reviewed through deeper research at the higher academic levels, in the Departments of Language and Literature of post graduate studies in the Universities, with simultaneous reach and spread of his popularity amongst his ever growing number of fans.
LIST OF NOVELS
| TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| Nara-Kinnara [Man and Sub Humans A metaphysical novel] ( Odisha Sahitya Akademy Award- 1962) | Grantha Mandira Binode Bihari Cuttack- 2 | 1962,1981,1986,1995, 2005 |
| [Nachiketas of Our Century A socio-political novel] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1965,1971,1978,1983.. |
| Tinoti Ratira Sakala [The mornings of Three Nights part 2 of Shatabdira Nachiketa] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1969 |
| Dakshinabarta [A journey to the South -a metaphysical novel] | Cuttack Student’s Store , Balubazar, Cuttack-2 | 1973, 1990 |
| Yatrara Prathama Pada [The first Leg of the Journey -a socio political Novel] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1976 |
| Anya Eka Samaya-Anya Eka Bharata [It’s Another Time and it’s Another India [A Novel on the Genesis of the Generation Gap in post Independence period of Indian History] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1977,2004 ... |
| Shakuntala [A Novel on the Analysis of Violence and Naxalite Movement in India during the sixties and seventies] ( Prestigious SARALA AWARD 1980 ) | [1]Agraduta,Bankabazar, Cuttack-2 [2]Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 2nd and and subsequent publ ications | 1980,1986,1993,2004, 2010 1987 |
| Mantrinka Share [The Minister’s Share -a novel on the positive Aspects of the Indian Feminism] | Eastern Media, A/62, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar | 1988 |
| Dharitrira Kanda [The Weeping Earth- analysis of the causes of the decadence of Higher Education in India after Independence-a novel of socio political dimensions based on Historical Realities] | Chaturanga Prakashani,Granthalaya, Market Buildings Unit-2 Bhubaneswar, Orissa | 1994 , 2002 |
| Anu Hajijiba Pare [After Anu Got Lost -A Futuristic Fiction on Human Destiny] | Vidya Puri, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1996 |
| .Adrushya Jagataru Bart [A novel based on Paranormal and Magic ] | Anupam Bharat, serialized publications Brahmapur, Orissa | 1996 |
| Billy Goat Banam-Uruvela Ghotatak [ On Tantra- a short psycho social Fiction] | Jhankara, Vishuva Sankhya Prajatantra Prachar Samitee, Biharibag, Cuttack-2 | 1997 |
| Swar na Tribhuja ( Golden Triangle) [This is a collection of three short novels of the author) : 1. Mantrinka Share, ( Minister’s Share) 2. Adrushya Jagataru Barta ( Messages from the Unknown World) 3. Billy Goat banam- Uruvela Ghotak ( Mr Billy Goat alias Mr. Laughing Horse of the Uruvela Forest) | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1998 |
| Trishna- Eka Anabiskrta America ( Trushna: A rediscovery of America) [A travel-diary of the Writer compounded with a novel named after the chief protagonist Trishna, based on America] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1999 |
| Anomara Kanya [ Anoma’s Daughter : a historical Novel based on re determination of Goutama Buddha’s Birth place, in Odisha] ( KATHA AWARD-New Delhi- 2003 ) | Kadambini Publication, Bhubaneswar | 2002 [journal] 2003 [book form] |
| Jeje Mala Pare | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari ,Cuttack -2 | 2020 |
| Bahu Bahu Janma | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bibhari, Cuttack-2 | 2022 |
LIST OF SHORT STORIES
| TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| Mana Murmar [The Murmuring Mind] | Cuttack Student’s Store, Balu Bazar, Cuttack-2 | 1962 |
| Durbara [The Invincible] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2,Odisha | 1965 |
| Eii Sesha Padati [This Last Word] | Cuttack Students’ Store, Balu Bazar, Cuttack-2 | 1972 |
| Aranyara Chula [The Tip of the Forest] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2,Odisha | 1974 |
| Adina Boula [ Blossoms off Season] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2,Odisha | 1978 |
| Ekavinsha Shatabdi-paeen Galpa [Stories for the Twenty-First Century] | - Mayur Publication, Labor Colony, Bhubaneswar | 1978 |
| Karanjia Diary [Real –life experiences of the writer in the Tribal District of Mayurbhanj / Similipal Reserve Forests region of , Karanjia Subdivision, Odisha ] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2,Odisha | 1984 |
| Adya Shakala [The First Morning and other stories] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2,Odisha | 1985 |
| Sharpa Yana [The Snake Vehicle ] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2,Odisha | 1989 |
| Chalanti Thakura [The moving God] ( SAHITYA AKADEMY AWARD 1993 ) | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2,Odisha | 1991 |
| Nataliyar Omkar [The Sound of OM uttered by Nataliya] | Arya Prakashani, Link Road, Cuttack | 1995 |
| Galpa Varnali [A Spectrum of Short Stories] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1997 |
| Shreshta Galpa [ Collection of Selected Short Stories] | Chaturanga Prakashani,( Granthalaya) Bhubaneswar | 1998 |
| Jala Chhabira Rati [A Nightmare Of Water Colors] | Bolangir Student’s Store, Bolangir, Orissa | 1999 |
| Drushya Adrushya [The Seen and the Unseen] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 2002 |
| Chhaya Purusha [The Shadow of God] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 2005 |
| Record Breaker | Prachi Sahitya Pratisthan, Binode Bihari Cuttack-2 | 2006 |
| Tritiya Netra [The Third Eye] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari Cuttack-2 | 2007 |
| Kala Pardara Aara Pate ( Behind The Black Curtain) | Prachi Sahitya Pratisthana, Binode Bihari Cuttack-2, Odisha | 2013 |
| Smaraniya Galpa ( Selected Twenty Memorable Short Stories from Author’s Works) | Naba Diganta, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 2015 |
| Ashta Siddhi and other stories | Prachi Sahitya Pratisthana, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 2019 |
LIST OF ESSAYS
| TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| Prathame Odia Pare Bharatiya ( A Monograph on FIRST ODIA UTKAL GOURAV MADHUSUDAN DAS) | Bharata Bharati, Sutahat, Cuttack, 753001 | 2020 |
| Abismaraniya ANANTA ( Commemoration issue on Late Ananta Charan Acharya, Renowned School Teacher) | Bharata Bharati, Sutahat, Cuttack, 753001 | 2022 |
| Shikshyabit Nanda Kishore Rathanka Jeevan Gatha ( Autobiography of Renowned Head Master Nanda Kishore Rath,Compiled and Edited jointly by Nirupama Acharya and Santanu Kumar Acharya) | Bharata Bharati, Sutahat, Cuttack, 753001 | 2020 |
LIST OF CHILDREN'S LITERARTURE
| TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| Mo Katha Ghoda Katha Kahe [My Wooden Horse Speaks -Science Fictions] ( Ministry of Edn, New Delhi –Children's literature Award 1961 ) | Cuttack Student’s Store, Balu Bazar, Cuttack-2 | 1961 |
| Baga- Bagichara Soudagara [The hidden 'Merchants' of our Gardens Science Fictions] | Cuttack Students Store, Balu Bazar, Cuttack-2 | 1962 |
| Aakashaku Satoti Pahacha [Seven Steps to the Heavens Science Fictions] ( Ministry of Edn, New Delhi, Children's Literature Award 1963 ) | Friend’s Publisher, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1963 |
| Koshi Upatykara- Rajkumar Mohan [The story of a Tiger named Rajkumar ] | Friend’s Publisher, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1964 |
| Shaktira Karamati [The Wonderful World of Machnies] | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1971 |
| Mo Naa Da Vinchi-O- Nianlaga Opi [ My name is Da Vichi and The incendiary “Opi”, Two Biographical sketches of the lives of Renaissance Artist Leonardo da Vinchi and Robert Oppenheimer,the Maker of the Atomic Bomb | Agraduta, Banka Bazar, Cuttack-2 | 1980 |
| Niti Diniya Jibanare-Vigyana [Science in Everyday Life] | Grantha Mandira,Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1989 |
| Baigyanika Abiskara O Udvaban [Some Important Scientific Discoveries and Inventions] | Grantha Mandira,Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 1989 |
| Dine Aakasha Vi Nathila [ There was a time when there was no Sky And other articles on Cosmological and Geological new findings, for children ] | Grantha Mandira,Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 2001 |
| Peeta Prastar Udyana[ Yellow Stone National Park] ( A travelogue cum fiction Based on the phenomenal geological activities at the Yellow Stone Geyser Fields, on the Rocky mountains) | 1046-D, Chandi Mata Colony , Rasulgada, Bhubaneswar-10 | 2011 |
| Kathare Kathare Bigyana ( Collection of all books of Children’s Literature by Santanu Kumar Acharya ) | Santosh Publications, Kanchan,Gajapati Nagar, Sutahat, Cuttack-753003 | 2019 |
LIST OF ANTHOLOGIES OF SHORT STORIES
| TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| Shrestha Galpa [A collection of the Best Short Stories Of The Writer] | Granthalaya, Unit-2, Market Building, Bbsr –1 | 1998 |
| Santanu Acharya's Galpa Samagra Vol 1 ( Pachash Varsara Galpa Phasal) ( Harvesting Fifty Years' Crop of Short Stories of the author, Vol 1) | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 2009 |
| Santanu Acharya's Galpa Samagra Vol 2 ( Pachash Varsara Galpa Phasal ) ( Harvesting Fity Years' Crop of Short Stories of the Author, Vol 2 ) | Grantha Mandira, Binode Bihari, Cuttack-2 | 2011 |
| Santanu Kumar Acharyanka Shrestha Galpa A collection of selected 44 best short stories of the author : Edited and Complied by -Prof Baishnab Charan Samal | National Book Trust of India( NBT, India) Nehru Bhawan, Institutional Area, Phase II Basant Kunj, New Delhi-110070 | 2013 |
| Santanu Kumar Acharyanka Smaraniya Galpa ( Memorable Stories of Sanatanu Kunar Acharya, A collection of 20 Short Stories of the author) | Naba Diganta, Binode Bihari, Cuttack -2 | 2015 |
| Amasamayara Shrestha Katha : Katha Dashak, Ten selected short stories of Santanu Kumar Acharya , Edited by Pitabas Routray | Mahaveer, Prakashan, Old Bus Stand, Bhubaneswar | 2020 |
TRAVELOGUE
| TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR OF PUBLICATION | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baichitryamaya Desha -America Bhramana ( Mysterious Country: America ) - A travelogue ( 526 pages) with documentation of the author’s five times visits to USA ,including accounts of his lecture tours in USA between 1993 -2008) | Grantha Mandira, Cuttack-2 | 2015 |
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
| TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| MO JIVAN : ANYA EKA UPANYASA ( The Story of My Life: Its A different kind of Novel , 788 pages) | Grantha Mandira, Cuttack-2 | 2013 |
MONOGRAPH
| TITLE | PUBLISHER | YEAR OF PUBLICATION |
|---|---|---|
| Prathame Odia Pare Bharatiya ( A monograph on the Life and Activities of Utkal Gourav, Madhusudan Das, the architect of Modern Odisha | M/s Bharata Bharati, Gajapati Nagar, Sutahat, Cuttack-1. | 2020 |
