Writing in Odia

Tapan Kumar Pradhan

b. 1972writer

Pratibha Ray

b. 1943writer

Jagannath Prasad Das

1936–2026(Odia) Writer

Bibhuti Pattnaik

b. 1937writer

Binapani Mohanty

1936–2022writer

Kishori Charan Das

1924–2004Odia writer

Santanu Kumar Acharya

b. 1933Odia writer

Sitakant Mahapatra

b. 1937writer from Odisha

Annada Shankar Ray

1905–2002writer, poet, essayist (1905-2002)

Tarun Kanti Mishra

b. 1950writer from Odisha, India

Chittaranjan Das

1923–2011Odia-language writer (1923-2011)

Gopal Chhotray

1916–2003playwright (1916–2003)

Gourahari Das

b. 1960author

Rajendra Kishore Panda

1944–2025Odia-language poet

Ramachandra Behera

b. 1945Odia writer

Ramakanta Rath

1934–2025poet from Odisha

Soubhagya Kumar Mishra

b. 1941Odia language poet

Devdas Chhotray

b. 1946lyricist and writer

Shakuntala Baliarsingh

b. 1948writer and translator

Gopinath Mohanty

1914–1991(Odia) writer (1914-1991)

Bipin Bihari Mishra

b. 1929writer, columnist and former police officer

Chaudhury Hemkant Mishra

1935–2005Odia writer

Monalisa Jena

b. 1963Writer, translator from Odisha

Haldhar Nag

b. 1950poet

Suryanarayan Dash

1908–1982Odia writer, historian, research scholar

Bijay Mishra

1936–2020playwright

Chandra Sekhar Rath

1929–2018Odia writer (1929-2018)

Gopala Krushna Rath

1945–2016Odia-language writer (1945-2016)

Jayanta Mahapatra

1928–2023poet and writer from Odisha

Manoranjan Das

1923–2013Odia-language writer

Mohapatra Nilamani Sahu

1926–2016Odia writer

Paramita Satpathy

b. 1965Odia writer

Sachidananda Routray

1916–2004writer from Odisha, India

Amaresh Pattnaik

b. 1948Odia language writer

Baishnab Charan Samal

b. 1939Odia writer

Dasharathi Das

b. 1936writer

Deepak Mishra

1938–2008writer

Hrusikesh Panda

b. 1955Odia language writer

Rabi Pattnaik

1935–1991writer

Sourindra Barik

1938–2016Odia writer

Brajanath Ratha

1936–2014poet from Odisha

Dash Benhur

b. 1953Odia writer

Gayatribala Panda

b. 1977writer

Jagadish Mohanty

1951–2013writer

Nandini Satpathy

1931–2006politician from Odisha, India (1931-2006)

Yashodhara Mishra

b. 1951writer in English and Hindi

Gayatri Saraf

b. 1952writer and headteacher

Godabarish Mohapatra

1898–1965Odia language writer Godavarisha Mahapatra

Keshab Chandra Dash

b. 1955writer

Nityananda Mahapatra

1912–2012politician

Pratibha Satpathy

b. 1945(Odia) poet

Radhamohan Gadanayak

1911–2000poet (1911-2000)

Surendra Mohanty

1922–1990Odia writer, politician (1922–1990)

Asit Mohanty

b. 1958Odia writer, translator

Bangali Nanda

poet and translator

Basant Kumari Debi

1931–1998Odia writer

Bilasini Mohanty

b. 1968Odia writer

Debabrata Madanray

b. 1957writer

Dharanidhar Panigrahy

1936–2020translator from Odisha, India

Manas Ranjan Samal

b. 1956children’s literature writer from Odisha, India

Nadiya Bihari Mohanty

1931–2020Odia writer

Rabindra Kumar Praharaj

b. 1938translator, writer

Raj Kishore Ray

1914–1998Odia-language writer

Sangram Jena

b. 1952translator and poet from Odisha, India

Suryamani Khuntia

b. 1952writer

Basant Kumar Satpathy

1913–1994academic and Odia-language writer

Damayanti Besra

b. 1962Santali language writer

Mamata Dash

b. 1947Odia writer

Natabar Samantaray

1918–2000Odia writer and literary critic (1918-2000)

Ratnakar Chaini

1945–2020Odia-language writer (1945-2020)

Srinibash Udgata

b. 1935writer, translator from Odisha

Susmita Bagchi

b. 1960Odia writer

Phani Mohanty

b. 1944Odia poet

Godabarish Mishra

1886–1956writer (1886–1956)

Haraprasad Das

b. 1945poet from Odisha

Harekrishna Mahatab

1899–1987politician from Odisha, India

Kahnu Charan Mohanty

1906–1994Odia language novelist

Kalicharan Pattnaik

1897–1978self resurch

Manorama Mohapatra

1934–2021Odia-language writer (1934-2021)

Nilakantha Das

1884–1967activist (1884–1967)

Ramakrushna Nanda

1906–1994(Odia) writer

Amaresh Biswal

b. 1972Odia journalist and writer

Aparna Mohanty

b. 1952poet

Arabinda Ray

b. 1964writer

Gaganendra Nath Dash

1940–2022writer

Prabodh Kumar Mishra

b. 1937writer

Pragyan Prabartika Dash

b. 1980academic and Odia-language writer

Rajanikanta Mohanty

b. 1952writer

Ramesh Chandra Parida

b. 1947chemist and author

Akhila Mohan Pattanaik

1927–1987writer (1927-1987)

Bansidhar Sarangi

b. 1940Odia poet

Bhanuji Rao

1926–2001poet (1926-2001)

Gobinda Chandra Udgata

b. 1920Odia-language writer

Harekrishna Satapathy

b. 1956Sanskrit scholar

Kunja Bihari Dash

1914–1994Odia-language writer

Pramod Kumar Mohanty

1942–2022poet from Odisha, India

Sarat Kumar Mohanty

1938–2006Odia-language writer

Atal Bihari Panda

1931–2021actor from Odisha

Baidyanath Misra

1920–2019economist, educationist, author and administrator

Bhubaneswar Behera

1916–2001scholar

Binod Kanungo

1912–1990Encyclopedia compiler (1912-1990)

Dinanath Pathy

1942–2016muralist, painter and writer

Durga Charan Mohanty

1912–1985(Odia) Writer

Faturananda

1915–1995(Odia) Writer (1915-1995)

Krutibas Nayak

b. 1955writer

Parshuram Mishra

1894–1981botanist and educationist from India (1894-1981)

Pitambar Tarai

b. 1959poet

Prasanna Kumar Patasani

b. 1946politician

Ramadevi Choudhury

1899–1985freedom fighter (1899–1985)

Sarojini Sahoo

b. 1956(Odia) Writer

Souribandhu Kar

1948–2020Odia language writer

Binod Chandra Nayak

1919–2003Odia poet (1919-2003)

Gobinda Chandra Majhi

1956–2020Santali language writer (1956-2020)

Gokulananda Mahapatra

1922–2013writer and scientist (1922-2013)

Harichandana Jagadeba

Odia-language writer

Kalpanakumari Devi

1936–2017novelist and poet

Narasingha Prasad Guru

writer

Pathani Patnaik

1928–2017Odia-language writer (1928-2017)

Sarala Debi

1904–1986Odia-language writer

Abhaya Barik

Odia-language writer

Ajay Kumar Patnaik

b. 1949translator from Odisha, India

Amiyabala Patnaik

Odia writer, translator

Arabinda Pattnaik

writer from Odisha, India

Banshidhara Mohanty

1924–1990writer

Bijay Krushna Mohanty

b. 1928Odia writer

Birendra Kumar Samantray

b. 1946writer from Odisha, India

Birendranath Mohanty

b. 1962Odia-language children’s writer

Bishnu Sahoo

b. 1956writer

Chandrasekhar Dasburma

1945–2022Odia writer

Chintamani Behera

1927–2005Odia-language writer

Debakanta Mishra

b. 1939professor (Physics) and writer

Dipti Ranjan Pattanaik

b. 1960writer

Durgamadhab Mishra

1929–1997police officer and Odia writer

Giri Dandasena

1949–2026writer from Odisha, India

Hrushikesh Mallick

b. 1955Odia-language writer

Jayanti Rath

b. 1960Odia language writer

Jibanananda Pani

1933–1998Odia lyricist

Kamala Satpathy

b. 1963writer

Kartik Chandra Rath

1949–2019Odia playwright

Krushna Prasad Mishra

1933–1994Odia writer

Maheswar Mohanty

b. 1939writer from Odisha, India

Manasi Das

b. 1943novelist, translator from Odisha, India

Manju Modi

b. 1959translator from Odisha, India

Nilamani Mishra

1929–1997Odia-language writer

Nirmala Devi

1907–1987poet

Nityananda Nayak

b. 1940poet from Odisha, India

Nrushingha Kumar Rath

b. 1935Poet from Odisha

Nrusingha Tripathy

b. 1945translator, writer

Padmaja Pal

b. 1946Odia language writer

Paresh Kumar Patnaik‎

b. 1960Odia writer

Prabhakar Swain

b. 1952translator from Odisha, India

Pranabandhu Kar

1914–1998playwright and short story writer

Prasanna Kumar Mishra

1941–2014Odia professor and Odia writer (1941-2014)

Prashant Kumar Mohanty

Odia-language writer

Purnananda Dani

1901–2004Odia language writer

Rabindra Nath Das

1943–2022Odia playwright

Ram Prasad Mohanty

b. 1924Odia language writer

Ramesh Prasad Panigrahi

b. 1943playwright

Rasabihari Behera

b. 1938writer from Odisha, India

Sadananda Tripathy

1956–2026Odia writer

Sarat Chandra Pradhan

1934–2023Odia poet, translator and literary critic

Sarbeswar Das

d. 2009writer from Odisha, India

Saudamini Nanda

translator from Odisha, India

Shradhanjali Kanungo

b. 1963translator

Snehalata Mohanty

b. 1932Odia writer

Subhendra Mohan Srichandan Singh

1932–2023writer

Sudarshan Acharya

1939–2022Odia writer

Umashankar Mishra

1937–2017writer

Umashankar Panda

1931–2015translator and writer from Odisha, India

V.P. Joglekar

Odia-language writer

Anadi Charan Sahu

1940–2024politician and retired IPS officer (1940–2024)

Bidyut Prabha Devi

1926–1977poet (1926-1977)

Brahmotri Mohanty

1934–2010Odia poet

Debi Prasanna Pattanayak

b. 1931academic

Gopala Ballabha Das

1860–1914writer from Odisha, India (1860-1914)

Gurukrushna Goswami

1934–2018Odia lyricist (1934-2018)

Hiranmayee Mishra

b. 1978Odia-language writer

Kanan Mishra

1944–2015Odia-language writer

Krushnachandra Kar

1907–1995Odia-language writer

Nikhilanand Panigrahy

b. 1947Indian- popular science writer

Nirupama Rath

1925–2011social activist and writer

Purnamasi Jani

b. 1944poet from Odisha, India

Rabi Singh

1931–2020Odia-language writer

Ramesh Chandra Bhanja

1941–2015Odia writer

Subodh Pattanaik

1947–2017Odia dialogue writer

Surendranath Dwivedy

1913–2001Odia politician (1913-2001)

Baikuntha Nath Patnaik

1904–1979Odia-language writer

Harihar Mishra

b. 1940Odia-language writer

Sahadeva Sahoo

b. 1941administrator and writer (born 1941)

Bijay Mohanty

1950–2020actor (1950-2020)

Mahatma Gandhi

1869–1948independence activist (1869–1948)

Manmohan Acharya

1967–2013Poet, lyricist

Siba Prasad Das

Odia-language author

Vikram Dev Varma

1869–1951ruler in the state of Jeypore and patron of arts

Adhayapak Biswaranjan

b. 1947Odia-language author

Ajay Swain

b. 1957writer

Ashutosh Parida

b. 1973poet

Basudev Sunani

b. 1962poet

Debabrata Das

writer from Odisha, India

Debaprasad Dash

b. 1966Odia-language author