Shakuntala Baliarsingh

Shakuntala Baliarsingh is an Indian Odia language writer and translator.

Life

Baliarsingh was born in 1948 at Narangarh in Khordha district, India. She studied at Utkal University.
Baliarsingh has published over 30 books, including Angyata basara itikatha, Swaymsidha, Bipanna Nabika, and Odia Sahityare Jatiyabadi Chetana, which explores the impact of Indian nationalism and consciousness on Oriya literature. She also writes articles for newspapers.
In 2015, Baliarsingh was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for her Odia translation of Tripurasundari Laxmi's work Kaberi Bhali Jhiatie, which was originally written in Tamil.