Yashodhara Mishra

Dr. Yashodhara Mishra (born 1951) is a well known Odia writer. 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
Born1951
Sambalpur
NationalityIndia

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.[1]

Mishra has garnered a number of awards including the Katha Prize Story award.[2] One source says she received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1990.[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]

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References
  1. Yashodhara Mishra, SamanvayIndianLangiagesFestival, Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  2. Meenakshi Sharma; Geeta Dharmarajan (1997). Katha Prize Stories. Katha. pp. 204–. ISBN 978-81-85586-52-6.
  3. Yashodhara Mishra, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Retrieved 11 July 2017.


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