Dr. Yashodhara Mishra (born 1951) is a Odia writer and port. 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 | India |
Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi Award (2020) |
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.[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]
Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia | |
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1976–2000 |
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2001–present |
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