| Yashodhara Mishra | |
| Birth Date: | 1951 |
| Birth Place: | Sambalpur, Odisha, India |
| Occupation: | Writer, poet |
| Language: | Odia |
| Nationality: | Indian |
| Awards: | Sahitya Akademi Award (2020) |
Dr. Yashodhara Mishra (born 1951) is a Odia writer and poet. 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.
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]
She is a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study where her research includes rituals and gender and the Women of Orissa.[3]
Mishra won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia in 2020 for her book, Samudrakula Ghara.[4]