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.

Life 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.Yashodhara Mishra , SamanvayIndianLangiagesFestival, Retrieved 11 July 2017.

Mishra has garnered a number of awards including the Katha Prize Story award.

She is a fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study where her research includes rituals and gender and the Women of Orissa.Yashodhara Mishra, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Retrieved 11 July 2017.

Mishra won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Odia in 2020 for her book, Samudrakula Ghara.

Awards 2020: Sahitya Akademi Award, for Samudrakula Ghara

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