DURGA PRASAD PANDA is an accomplished bilingual poet and critic whose works have appeared in prestigious journals like ‘Debonair’, ‘Kavya Bharati’, ‘Chandrabhaga’, ‘The Little Magazine’, ‘Indian Literature’, ‘Gentleman’, ‘Outlook’ among so many others. Some of his poems have been included in significant anthologies like ‘Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English 2020-21-22’, ‘Shape of a Poem: A Red River Anthology of Contemporary Erotic Poetry’, ‘Witness: A Red River Anthology of Dissent’. A recipient of ‘Indian Literature Translation Prize from Sahitya Akademi in 2002, he has attended several symposiums including the World Congress of Poets in 2019. He has edited a ‘Reader’ on the life and works of eminent poet Jayanta Mahapatra.