Nityananda Mahapatra (17 June 1912 – 17 April 2012)[1] was an Indian Odia politician, poet and journalist.

[2] He came to literary prominence as editor of the Odia magazine Dagara,[3] and as a short story writer after independence.

[4] In his political career Mohapatra served as a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1971[5] and as state Minister of Supply and Cultural Affairs from 1967 to 1971.

[7] Mohapatra has translated the Ramavataram (also known as the Kamba Ramayanam), the Tamil version of the Ramayana, into Odia.

[8]: 214  Other works that he translated into Odia include Ramana Maharshee and Swarajya Sanghitaa.