Dr Gayatribala Panda (b.1977) is a well-known Odia poet, fiction writer, literary critic and journalist. She has to her credit ten collections of poetry (two of which have been translated into Hindi, one into English), three novels and two collections of short stories. Her poems have been translated into many Indian languages including English and Hindi. She is the recipient of first Sahitya Akademi "Yuva Puraskar" in Odia for her poetry collection Gaan (The Village) in 2011, State Youth Award f