This is a list of notable

Odia language Odia (, ISO: , ; formerly rendered Oriya ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha (formerly rendered Orissa), where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is al ...

writers from

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from the 8th century onward.

Charyagiti Era of Buddhist poets (7th - 8th Century A.D )

* Sarahapada

Age of Sarala Yuga (15th Century A.D)

Sarala Das Sarala Dasa (born as Siddheswara Parida) was a 15th-century poet and scholar of Odia literature. Best known for three Odia books — '' Mahabharata'', ''Vilanka Ramayana'' and ''Chandi Purana'' — he was the first scholar to write in Odia and h ...

(1465 ? )

Panchasakha Era (15th - 16th Century A.D)

Atibadi Jagannath Das ''Atibadi'' Jagannatha Dasa (; ) was an Odia poet and litterateur. He was one of the 5 great poets in Odia literature, the Panchasakha. He wrote the Odia Bhagabata. Early life Dasa was born in Kapileswarpur Sasana (one of the 16 traditional ...

(c. 1491-1550) * Achyutananda Das *

Balaram Das Balarama Dasa (alternatively spelled ''Balaram Das''; ; ) was an Odia poet and litterateur. He was one of the 5 great poets in Odia literature, the Panchasakha during the Bhakti age of literature. He was the eldest of the Pancha sakha. He wrote ...

Ananta Das Ananta (infinite) () literally means "unending" and has additional meanings in the context of Indic religions. Anant/Ananta may also refer to: Hinduism *Ananta Shesha, the serpent that circles the world Places * Ananta (Arequipa), a mountain i ...

* Jasobanta Das

Age of Upendra Bhanja

* Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688-1740) *

Kavisurya Baladev Rath ''Kabisurjya'' Baladeba Ratha (alternatively spelled ''Kabisurya, Kavisurya Baladev Rath,'' ; c. 1789 – 1845) was an Indian poet who wrote in the Odia language, and a composer and musician of Odissi music, most known as poet-composer of the '' ...

(c. 1789 – 1845)

Age of Radhanath

Fakir Mohan Senapati Fakir Mohan Senapati ( Odia: ଫକୀର ମୋହନ ସେନାପତି; 13 January 1843 – 14 June 1918), often referred to as Utkala Byasa Kabi (''Odisha's Vyasa''), was an Indian writer, poet, philosopher and social reformer. He played ...

Gangadhar Meher Swabhaba kabi Gangadhar Meher () was a renowned Odia poet of the 19th century. Though poor in wealth and education, he remained one of the most prolific and original contributor to Odia literature. Childhood Gangadhara was born in 1862 on th ...

Radhanath Ray Radhanath Ray ( or, :or:ରାଧାନାଥ ରାୟ, ରାଧାନାଥ ରାୟ) (28 September 1848 – 17 April 1908) was an Odia language, Odia writer of initial modernity era in Odia literature, Odia poetry during the later part o ...

Madhusudan Rao Madhusudan Rao (19 January 1853 – 28 December 1912) was an Odia poet and writer from India. He was known as ''Bhaktakabi''. His most well known work is the ''Chhabila Madhu Barnabodha''. Life He was born on 19 January 1853 in the district of ...

* Nanda Kishore Bal *

Reba Ray Reba Ray (1876 – 1957) was an Indian Odia poet educationist and administrator. Best known as one of the earliest Odia women writers, she was also founder of Model Girls' School, Cuttack. Her short story ''Sanyasi'' is considered earliest moder ...

Post Colonial Age

Sachidananda Routray Sachidananda Routray (13 May 1916 – 21 August 2004) was an Indian poet, novelist and short-story writer who wrote in Odia. He received Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award of India, in 1986. He was popularly known as Biplabi Kabi (''re ...

* Brajanath Rath *

Binod Chandra Nayak Binod Chandra Nayak (2 September 1919 - 15 November 2003) was an Odia writer. He was known for his writing that was influenced by modern poetry while being romantic. He was awarded the 1970 Kendra Sahitya Akademi award for his poetry collectio ...

*Bira kishor Das *Banchhanidhi Mohanty *Mayadhar Mansingh * Manorama Mohapatra

Poetry

* Brajanath Rath * Ramakanta Rath * Sitakanta Mohapatra * Haraprasad Das *

Pratibha Satpathy Pratibha Satpathy (born: 27 November 1945) is a poet of Odia literature. She has been recognised as one of the leading poets of the country and has been honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Award. Biography She has been writing poetry in Odia f ...

Novelists

Gopinath Mohanty Gopinath Mohanty (1914–1991), winner of the Jnanpith award, and the first winner of the National Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 – for his novel, ''Amrutara Santana'' – was a prolific Odia writer of the mid-twentieth century. Satya Pra ...

Surendra Mohanty Surendra Mohanty (21 June 1922- 21 December 1990) born in Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th l ...

Manoj Das Manoj Das (27 February 1934 – 27 April 2021) was an Indian author who wrote in Odia and English. In 2000, Manoj Das was awarded the Saraswati Samman. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2001, the fourth-highest Civilian Award in India, Padma Bhusa ...

Santanu Kumar Acharya Santanu Kumar Acharya (born 1933) is a National Sahitya Academy Award-winning Indian writer. Life Acharya, born in 1933 in Kolkata, comes from the village Siddheswar Pur of the Cuttack district Odisha. He served the Government of Odisha as a c ...

Pratibha Ray Pratibha Ray (born 21 January 1944) is an Indian academic and writer of Odia language, Odia-language novels and stories. For her contribution to the Indian literature, Ray received the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan ...

* Gourahari Das * Binapani Mohanty

Women's Writings and Feminism

Sarojini Sahoo Sarojini Sahoo (born 4 January 1956) is an Indian feminist writer, a columnist in ''The New Indian Express'' and an associate editor of Chennai-based English magazine ''Indian AGE.'' She has been enlisted among '' 25 Exceptional Women of India' ...

Archana Nayak Archana Nayak (born 27 February 1966) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. She represents the Kendrapara constituency of Orissa as a member of the Biju Janata Dal ( BJD) political party. Before 2009 general elections she resigned from ...

Nandini Sahu Nandini Sahu (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian poet and creative writer. She is the Director, School of Foreign Languages and professor of English at Indira Gandhi National Open University GNOU New Delhi. Her areas of research interest cover ...

Children's literature

Odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's ...

has a long history. Its roots are in Moukhika Sishu Sahitya, which is a part of the Loka Sahitya meant for the children. As its development started after modern education was implemented, Odia children's literature is divided in two categories, Odia Moukhika children's literature and Odia written children's literature. *

Ramakrushna Nanda Ramakrushna Nanda (15 February 1906 – 28 October 1994) was an Indian writer, educator and author of children's literature. He composed the song ''Ahe Dayamaya Biswa Bihari'', a favourite of Mahatma Gandhi when Gandhi was at Sabarmati Ashram. ...

* Krutibas Nayak *

Adikanda Mahanta Adikanda Mahanta ( or, ଆଦିକନ୍ଦ ମହାନ୍ତ; born 8 May 1954, Chitrada - 13 January 2015) was an Indian folklorist from Chitrada, Odisha. He is one of the pioneer folklorists of Odisha and is well known for his research on ...

Drama/Plays

Manoranjan Das Manoranjan Das (23 July 1923 – 17 February 2013) was an influential Indian dramatist, and pioneer of modernism in Odia Literature. He was known for his experimentalism and deep socio-political awareness, who became most known in the 1960s wi ...

Gopal Chhotray Gopal Chhotray (1916–2003) was born in Puranagarh village of Jagatsinghpur district in Bihar and Orissa Province, India. He is considered to be one of the chief architects of modern Oriya theatre. He brought in significant changes in the ...

Short Story

Baidyanath Misra Baidyanath Misra (1920-2019) was an Indian economist, educationist, author, and administrator from the state of Odisha. He served as the Vice-Chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Deputy-Chairman of Odisha State Plann ...

Jagadish Mohanty Jagadish Mohanty (17 February 1951 – 29 December 2013) was a renowned Odia writer, considered as a trendsetter in modern Odia fiction, has received the prestigious Sarala Award in 2003, Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990 for his novel Kanish ...

* Gourahari Das * Hussain Rabi Gandhi

Popular science

Binod Kanungo Binod Kanungo (1912–1990) was an Odia author, freedom fighter, Gandhian, educator, social reformer and compiler of the ''Gyana Mandala'', which is the greatest encyclopaedia in the Odia language. He also won the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award for ...

* Gokulananda Mohapatra *

Ramesh Chandra Parida Ramesh Chndra Parida is a retired Professor of Chemistry, College of Basic Science and Humanities, Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar. He is an acclaimed popular science writer in Odia literature. Early life and edu ...

* Kamalakanta Jena *

Mayadhar Swain Mayadhar Swain is an Odia writer from Odisha, India. Early life and education Mayadhar Swain was born on 8 February 1956 in the village Baselihata of Cuttack district in the state of Odisha, India. He passed matriculation from a rural school, ...

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