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Bijay Mishra
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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[edit]
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[edit]
Bijay Mishra died on 26 April 2020.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ Panda, Namita (19 December 2013). "'Hope such injustice will not recur' - Akademi honours an Odia playwright after a gap of almost 40 years". The Telegraph - India.
- ↑ Odisha Sun Times Bureau (12 March 2014). "Playwright Bijay Mishra receives Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award". Odisha Sun Times. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ "Dr.Bijay Mishra Biography - Ollywoodmaza - Ollywood News, Reviews, Photos, Wallpaper, Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ "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".
- ↑ Noted Odia dramatist Bijay Mishra passes away
- ↑ "Dr.Bijay Mishra Biography - Ollywoodmaza - Ollywood News, Reviews, Photos, Wallpaper, Biography". Archived from the original on 2016-05-25. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Award presented to Odisha's Bijaya Mishra and Arjun Hembram, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines". Archived from the original on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-11.