Bijay Mishra (Hindi: ବିଜୟ ମିଶ୍ର, Urdu: ) born 16 July 1936) is a Dramatist, lyricist and screenwriter from India. He is also a mainstream script writer in Odia Cinema & TV Industry. He is a recipient of the State Sahitya Academy Award (1968, 1988),Konark Samman (1994) as well as the Kendra Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award.
Bijay Mishra was born in 1936 in Niligiri, Balasore, Odisha, India.
Starting as a play right from the year 1960. First play “JANANI” staged in Annapurna Theatre, Cuttack, and a professional theatre group in the year 1960. One of the pioneers of the modern theatre movement in the state. A prolific script writer of Odia Film and Television Industry, he was honored with the Think Foundation CSR Lifetime Achievement Award.
His play Tata Niranjana has been translated in Hindi, Nepali, Kannada and in several other Indian languages. This play has won a national award from All India Radio.