By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Noted litterateur and wife of Patkura Gandhi and former MLA late Raj Kishore Nayak, Nirmalprava Nayak, who is also mother of Odisha Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, breathed her last at a private hospital on Tuesday.
Nirmalprava breathed her last at 9.30 pm today, family sources said.She is survived by her two sons and three daughters.
Nirmalprava was a teacher by profession and she had received Sahitya Akademi award for her book ‘Sayanhara Smruti’. She had donated the cash award of Rs 1 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.