Dr. Haldhar Nag (born 31 March 1950) is a Sambalpuri poet and writer from Bargarh, Odisha, India.

[5] Though he is an awardee of Padma Shree which is the fourth highest civilian Honor in India, he lives a simple life with just a shop and hawker, as his main source of income.

He also sells Raag Chanaa (spicy chickpeas; an Indian snack, popular in Western Odisha) in the street.

In the year 2021, under the joint editorship of Professor Jaishankar Babu and translator Dinesh Kumar Mali, the book "'Haldhar ke Lok-sahitya par vimarsh'" and the book "Ramayan prasangon par Haldhar ke Kavya aur yugin Vimarsh " translated by Dinesh Kumar Mali based on Ramayana contexts.

The popularity of these books Hindi Belt honoured Haldhar Nag with Dr Ram Manohar Tripathi Lok Seva Samman on the Silver Jubilee eve of Acharya Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi Smruti Sanrakshan Abhiyan under the leadership of Gaurav Awasthi in the auditorium of Firoz Gandhi College, Rae Bareli on date 12.11.22.

[12] Advertising filmmaker and documentary director Bharatbala aimed to produce 1,000 short films under the banner Virtual Bharat to chronicle the untold stories, which is where Haldhar Nag was narrated by litterateur and film director Sampooran Singh Kalra, also known as Gulzar.

[14] In April 2016, the government of Odisha announced that a Sambalpuri language and literature research centre at Ghens village in Bargarh district will be established soon under his name.

[5] The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has included a review of the literary creations of Padma awardee and noted poet Haldhar Nag.

Folklorists and folklore researchers are vulnerable to multiple challenges with regards to archiving, documentation, and dissemination of the folk material,” TOI reported writer Nandini Sahu, who has designed the MA course for IGNOU, as saying.