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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ "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 25 May 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award presented to Odisha's Bijaya Mishra and Arjun Hembram, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines". Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- 1936 births
- 2020 deaths
- People from Balasore district
- 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights
- Dramatists and playwrights from Odisha
- Indian lyricists
- Indian male screenwriters
- Indian male dramatists and playwrights
- Screenwriters from Odisha
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Odia
- Recipients of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award
- Odia-language lyricists
- Odia-language writers
- Odia film screenwriters
- 20th-century Indian male writers