About the Author

Sisira Behera is a distinguished contemporary Odia literary critic, writer, researcher and translator. He was born in 1987 at Govindpur in Tangi, Cuttack district, Odisha. He pursued higher studies in Odia and emerged as a promising scholar and literary critic at a young age. He studied at Ravenshaw University and was a gold medallist, and his academic journey was marked by considerable dedication despite financial hardships. He later completed his doctoral research and entered the teaching profession. He has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Odia at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, formerly North Orissa University. His literary interests encompass criticism, essays, translation and broader questions concerning literature and society. His critical writings demonstrate an analytical understanding of literary texts and a keen sensitivity towards language, aesthetics and contemporary literary thought. He has also written and translated works that reflect his engagement with different literary traditions. His critical approach combines academic scholarship with accessible and thoughtful interpretation. He has contributed to the development of contemporary Odia literary criticism through his research, teaching and creative writings. His most prominent work, Bimugdha Uccharana, established him as an important young voice in Odia criticism. The book was selected for the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2019 in Odia, making him one of the nationally recognised young literary scholars of his generation.

Major Creations

His most acclaimed literary work is Bimugdha Uccharana, a work of literary criticism that earned the 2019 Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. He has also written and translated other literary works and has around ten books to his credit, reflecting his sustained engagement with literary criticism, research and translation. His writings examine literary works and ideas through a scholarly yet sensitive perspective and contribute to the critical discourse of contemporary Odia literature.

Awards and Honours

Sisira Behera received the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2019 for his literary criticism Bimugdha Uccharana. The official Sahitya Akademi records confirm that the work was selected in the literary criticism category in Odia. He has also received the Sarata Yuva Prativa Samman, Yuva Puraskar from Gapaghara, Cuttack, Haji Asraf Ali Udaya Prativa Puraskar, Swarnaprava Mishra Smaraki Aruna Sahitya Samman and Baikuntha Nath Yuva Saraswat Samman for his literary and academic contributions.