Dr. Yashodhara Mishra (born 1951) is a Odia writer and poet. She is a professor of English who has published poems, several collections of short stories and novels. She was a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
Yashodhara Mishra | |
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| Born | 1951 Sambalpur, Odisha, India |
| Occupation | Writer, poet |
| Language | Odia |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (2020) |
Life
editMishra was born in Sambalpur in 1951. She is a poet and a professor of English who has published several collections of short stories and novels. She has worked in the Odia language, Hindi and English.[1]
Mishra has garnered a number of awards including the Katha Prize Story award.[2]
She is a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study where her research includes rituals and gender and the Women of Orissa.[3]
Mishra won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia in 2020 for her book, Samudrakula Ghara.[4]
Awards
edit- 2020: Sahitya Akademi Award, for Samudrakula Ghara
References
edit- ^ Yashodhara Mishra Archived 4 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine, SamanvayIndianLangiagesFestival, Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ Meenakshi Sharma; Geeta Dharmarajan (1997). Katha Prize Stories. Katha. pp. 204–. ISBN 978-81-85586-52-6.
- ^ Yashodhara Mishra, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi announces 2020 Odia, Malayalam awards". The Hindu. 24 August 2021.
External links
edit- "Odisha Sahitya Akademi". odishasahityaakademi.org. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
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