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{{short description|Indian playwright}}
'''Bijay Mishra''' ({{lang-or|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),<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131219/jsp/odisha/story_17695776.jsp#.V_0HB1R97IU|title='Hope such injustice will not recur' - Akademi honours an Odia playwright after a gap of almost 40 years|first=Namita|last=Panda|date=19 December 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph - India}}</ref> [[Konark Samman]] (1994){{citation needed|date=October 2016}} as well as the Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/2014/03/12/playwright-bijay-mishra-receives-kendra-sahitya-akademi-award/|title=Playwright Bijay Mishra receives Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award|date=12 March 2014|author=Odisha Sun Times Bureau|newspaper=Odisha Sun Times|access-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012151158/http://odishasuntimes.com/2014/03/12/playwright-bijay-mishra-receives-kendra-sahitya-akademi-award/|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life==

Bijay Mishra was born in 1936 in [[Nilagiri|Niligiri]], [[Balasore]], [[Odisha]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ollywoodmaza.info/dr-bijay-mishra-bio|title=Dr.Bijay Mishra Biography - Ollywoodmaza - Ollywood News, Reviews, Photos, Wallpaper, Biography|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525010920/http://ollywoodmaza.info/dr-bijay-mishra-bio/|archive-date=2016-05-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.odisha360.com/2015/08/15/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/|title=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|publisher=}}</ref>

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|date=October 2016}}

== Death ==
Bijay Mishra died on 26 April 2020.<ref>[https://updateodisha.com/2020/04/26/noted-odia-dramatist-bijay-mishra-passes-away-66996/ Noted Odia dramatist Bijay Mishra passes away]</ref>

==References==
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ollywoodmaza.info/dr-bijay-mishra-bio/|title=Dr.Bijay Mishra Biography - Ollywoodmaza - Ollywood News, Reviews, Photos, Wallpaper, Biography|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525010920/http://ollywoodmaza.info/dr-bijay-mishra-bio/|archive-date=2016-05-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=48525|title=Sahitya Akademi Award presented to Odisha's Bijaya Mishra and Arjun Hembram, Odisha Current News, Odisha Latest Headlines|publisher=|access-date=2016-10-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012080223/http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=48525|archive-date=2016-10-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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