Rajendra Kishore Panda

Rajendra Kishore Panda (born 1944) is an Indian Odia language poet and novelist. He has published 16 poetry collections. He was awarded the Gangadhar National Award in 2010, and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985. He received Kuvempu Rashtriya Puraskar for 2020.
He was born on 24 June 1944 in Natasha, a village Sambalpur district of Odisha state. He earned his Master of Arts degree from Allahabad University.
His first collection of poems, Gaun Devata ( Minor Gods ), was published in 1947.
In 2004, he was awarded a D.Lit. by Sambalpur University. He was awarded the Gangadhar National Award in 2010, and the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985 for his book Shailakalpa.