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]

Bijay Mishra

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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1. Panda, Namita (19 December 2013). . The Telegraph - India. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
2. Odisha Sun Times Bureau (12 March 2014). . Odisha Sun Times. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
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4. "Dr. Bijay Mishra, the doyen of Indian drama and eminent playwright of India receiving the Think Foundation CSR Lifetime Achievement Award at Hotel Crown, Bhubaneswar on August 14, 2015".
5. Noted Odia dramatist Bijay Mishra passes away
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