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.

Life

Mishra 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.Yashodhara Mishra
SamanvayIndianLangiagesFestival, Retrieved 11 July 2017. Mishra has garnered a number of awards including the Katha Prize Story award. She is a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study where her research includes rituals and gender and the Women of Orissa.Yashodhara Mishra
Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Retrieved 11 July 2017. Mishra won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia in 2020 for her book, ''Samudrakula Ghara''.

Awards

* 2020: Sahitya Akademi Award, for ''Samudrakula Ghara''

References

External links

* 1951 births Living people People from Sambalpur Women writers from Odisha Poets from Odisha Odia-language writers Odia-language poets Odia short story writers Indian women poets Indian women short story writers Indian women translators Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia Recipients of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian translators 21st-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian short story writers 21st-century Indian short story writers 21st-century Indian poets 21st-century Indian translators {{India-writer-stub