So far there have been five Sahitya Academy fellows from Orissa. The latest is Ramakanta Rath, who received the fellowship this year. The list of five (extracted from wikipedia) are:

At anytime there are at most 21 fellows. So currently there are two from Orissa.

Following is a report from Sambada on Ramakanta Rath receiving the fellowship.

 


There are three Jnanpith award winners from Orissa. They are: