Brahmotri Mohanty (née Pattanayak) (1934 - 30 June 2010) was an Odia writer who writes in Odia. She has written numerous collections of poems. She is best known for her poetry collection for which she won Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983. Personal life She was born at Puri in 1934. She is married to a Bijaykrushna Mohanty, an Odisha sahitya akademi award winner. She died aged 76. Career Her first poem was published in 1950. Her poems have been published in many Odia periodicals. Her first collection of poetry was published in 1972. Published works References 1934 births 2010 deaths People from Puri Indian women poets Poets from Odisha Odia-language poets Odia-language writers Women writers from Odisha Recipients of the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award 20th-century Indian women writers 20th-century Indian writers 20th-century Indian poets 21st-century Indian women writers 21st-century Indian writers 21st-century Indian poets