Ganeswar Mishra is an author and translator who has published both fiction and non-fiction and has also edited several texts in Odia and English. He has won several awards and distinctions. Educated at Utkal, Kent, and London universities, he taught at Utkal University for a long time. He was president, Odisha Sahitya Akademi, and founder-editor of the Odia daily Prameya.
