Bijay Mishra

Bijay Mishra (Odia: ବିଜୟ ମିଶ୍ର; 16 July 1936 – 26 April 2020) was a dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter from India. He was also a mainstream script writer in Odia Cinema & TV Industry. He was a recipient of the State Sahitya Academy Award (1968, 1988),^[1] Konark Samman (1994)^{[citation needed]} as well as the Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award.^[2]

Early life

Bijay Mishra was born in 1936 in Niligiri, Balasore, Odisha, India.^[3]

Starting as a playwright from the year 1960, his first play "JANANI" was staged in Annapurna Theatre, Cuttack, by a professional theatre group in the year 1960. One of the pioneers of the modern theatre movement in the state. A prolific scriptwriter of Odia Film and Television Industry, he was honored with the Think Foundation CSR Lifetime Achievement Award.^[4]

His play Tata Niranjana has been translated in Hindi, Nepali, Kannada and in several other Indian languages. This play has won a national award from All India Radio.^{[citation needed]}

Death

Bijay Mishra died on 26 April 2020.^[5]

References

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