Bhubaneswar: Eminent Odia writer, academician and journalist Haraprasad Parichapatnaik died Wednesday due to multi-organ failure following a brain stroke, his family said.
He was 69 and survived by two sons.
Parichapatnaik was admitted to a private hospital after he suffered a brain stroke. He died a few hours later due to multi-organ failure, his family said.
Parichapatnaik worked as the chief editor of an Odia daily in Bhubaneswar after retiring as an English professor.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expressed grief over his death.
PTI