Shakuntala Baliarsingh (born 25 February 1948) is an Indian Odia language writer and translator.

Life

Baliarsingh was born in 1948 in Ramapuram, Kottayam, India. She studied at

Utkal University Utkal University (UU) is a public university in Bhubaneswar, Khordha, Odisha, and is the oldest university in the state, and the 17th-oldest university in India. The university was established in 1943 and was operating from Ravenshaw College ...

. Baliarsingh has published over 30 books, including ''Angyata basara itikatha'', ''Swaymsidha'', ''Bipanna Nabika'', and ''Odia Sahityare Jatiyabadi Chetana,'' which explores the impact of Indian nationalism and consciousness on Oriya literature. She also writes articles for newspapers. In 2015, Baliarsingh was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for her Odia translation of Tripurasundari Laxmi's work ''Kaberi Bhali Jhiatie,'' which was originally written in

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