Kanan Mishra

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| birth_place = Cuttack, Odisha, India

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| occupation = Writer, teacher

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| genre = Poet

| notableworks = Suryamukhira swapna

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Kanan Mishra (1944–2015) was an Odia writer.

Biography

Mishra was born on 1 January 1944 at Cuttack, Odisha. She wrote five novels, four collections of poetry, one English featured novel and seven children's stories.{{cite news|title=ସାହିତ୍ୟିକା କାନନ ମିଶ୍ରଙ୍କ ପରଲୋକ|newspaper=ସମାଜ|date=16 March 2015}} She was married. She died on 7 March 2015 at the age of 71.

Awards

For her translated book Suryamukhi ra Swapna{{cite web|title=ସୁଦର୍ଶନ ଆଚାର୍ଯ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ ୨୦୦୬ର ୨୦୦୪ ଅତିବଡ଼ି ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ସମ୍ମାନ|url=http://www.odisha.com/20070829/fullstory/award.html|work=୨୯ ଅଗଷ୍ଟ ୨୦୦୭|publisher=Odisha.com|language=or|accessdate=16 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Atibadi Jagannath Das award presented to Sudarshan Acharya|url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=4131|publisher=Orissadiary.com|accessdate=16 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092135/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=4131|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}} she received the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award from the state government of Odisha.{{cite web|title=ଓଡ଼ିଶା ସାହିତ୍ୟ ଏକାଡ଼େମୀ ପୁରସ୍କାର ଘୋଷଣା|url=http://www.odisha.com/20061203/fullstory/award.html|publisher=Odisha.com|language=or|accessdate=16 March 2015}}{{cite web|title=Odisha Sahitya Academy awarded books and writers|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2011/pdf/92-99.pdf|publisher=Department of Culture, Government of Odisha|accessdate=16 March 2015}}