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Bidyut Prabha Devi (12 July 1926 – 28 January 1977) was an Odia poet from India. She is recognized as one of the best female poets in Odia literature.
Biography
Bidyut Prabha was born on 12 July 1926 at her maternal uncle's home in a small village named Jhinkadi in the district of Cuttack.
Odia literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
She was the second daughter of Nimai Charan Das, a writer and compiler, and Rekha Devi. Her parents, being a traditionalists and conservatives, lived in Bamphisahi of Cuttack city. Bidyut Prabha had a brother and two sisters; her younger sister Punya Prabha Devi is also a writer.
She started writing poems under the inspiration of her father, Nimai Charan Das.
In her childhood, she got herself acquainted with several major Odia poets.
On 4 July 1949, she married Panchanan Mohanty, an employee of Orissa secretariat.
She suffered from poor health during 1966, and indulged towards spirituality and moved to Sri Aurobindo Ashram.
She died on 28 January 1977.