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 also ...

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 (c. 1491-1550) * Achyutananda Das * Balaram Das * Ananta Das * Jasobanta Das

Age of Upendra Bhanja

Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja ''Kabi Samrata'' Upendra Bhanja () was a 17th-century Odia poet-composer of classical Odissi music.Mansingha, Mayadhar: ''History of Oriya Literature'': Publisher, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi He is most known for his Odissi songs and kabyas written i ...

(C. 1688-1740) * Kavisurya Baladev Rath (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 language, 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 ...

Radhanath Ray Radhanath Ray ( or, ରାଧାନାଥ ରାୟ) (28 September 1848 – 17 April 1908) was an Odia writer of initial modernity era in Odia poetry during the later part of nineteenth century. He was born in a Zamindar family in Baleshwa ...

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 o ...

Nanda Kishore Bal Nanda Kishore Bal (22 December 1875 – 1 July 1928), was an Indian poet of the era of initial modernity in Odia poetry. He was born at Kusupur village in the Cuttack district of Odisha. He was initially named as Rasananda Jena. Later he was ado ...

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 *Bira kishor Das *Banchhanidhi Mohanty *Mayadhar Mansingh *

Manorama Mohapatra Manorama Mohapatra (10 June 1934 – 18 September 2021) was an Indian writer, poet, and editor, working primarily in the Odia language. She wrote forty books consisting of novels and poetry, and edited an Odia newspaper, ''The Samaj.'' She was th ...

Poetry

* Brajanath Rath *

Ramakanta Rath Ramakanta Rath (born 13 December 1934) is one of the most renowned modernist poets in the Odia literature. Heavily influenced by the poets such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound, Rath experimented greatly with form and style. The quest for the my ...

Sitakanta Mohapatra Sitakant Mahapatra (born 17 September 1937) is an Indian poet and literary critic in Odia as well as English. He served in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1961 until he retired in 1995, and has held ''ex officio'' posts such as th ...

Haraprasad Das Haraprasad Das (born 15 January 1946), is an Odia language poet, essayist and columnist. Das, has twelve works of poetry, four of prose, three translations and one piece of fiction to his credit. Haraprasad, is a retired civil servant. He has ...

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 was an Indian author who wrote in Odia. He was the recipient of the Central Sahitya Academy Award for his novel ''Nilashaila''. Career He was the president of Odisha Sahitya A ...

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 Bhus ...

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 novels and stories. For her contribution to the Indian literature, Ray received the Jnanpith Award in 2011. She was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2022. Life ...

* Gourahari Das *

Binapani Mohanty Binapani Mohanty (11 November 1936 – 24 April 2022) was an Indian Odia language writer and academician. She was well known for her works such as ''Patadei'' and ''Kasturi Mriga''. She was a professor in economics before retiring. She had been ...

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 * Krutibas Nayak * Adikanda Mahanta

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 Kanis ...

* Gourahari Das * Hussain Rabi Gandhi

Kamalakanta Jena Kamalakanta Jena () is an Indian educator, popular science and science text book writer in Odia. He has received awards for his books and articles. Early life and education Jena was born on 25 April 1971 in village Januganj in Balasore dist ...

* Mayadhar Swain

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