Dash Benhur

Jitendra Narayan Dash (birth 3 August 1953), who writes under the pseudonym of Dash Benhur is a Sahitya Akademi award winner writer from Odisha. He was born in Khandapada in Nayagarh district, Odisha. He retired as the Principal of Samanta Chandrasekhar (Autonomous) College, Puri. He is a founder member of Aama Odisha.

He is the author of more than 100 books, including 15 collections of short-stories.

Childrens's literaturer

Short stories

• Kaanduri and Other Stories, 2015
• Gandhi Tales from Odisha, 2013
• Alms and other stories, 2008
• The Tribute and other stories, 2006
• The Drawing and other stories, 1987

Novel

• Pagadi purusha,2 015

• "Dash Benhur - Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Bal Sahitya". IncredibleOrissa. Retrieved 10 June 2016. 

• Sahitya Akademi Bal Puraskar, 2014
• Odisha Vigyan Academy Popular Science-writer award, 1999
• NCERT Prize for Children’s Literature,1989
• Odisha Sahitya Academy award, 1987

• "SAHITYA : Akademi Awards". Retrieved 10 June 2016. 
• "Odisha writer Dash Benhur gets Central Sahitya Akademi award". OdishaSunTimes. Retrieved 22 August 2014. 
• http://www.museindia.com/authprofile.asp?id=1688
• http://odishan.com/?p=7613
• "ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡେମୀ ପୁରସ୍କୃତ ପୁସ୍ତକ ଓ ଲେଖକ". Odisha Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 12 June 2016.