mohapatra nilamani sahoo (22 december 1926 – 25 june 2016) was an indian odia language short story writer. he won several literary awards over his career, including the 1979 odisha sahitya academy award for "akasha patala", and the 1983 sarala award and the 1984 sahitya akademi award in odia, for "abhisapta gandharba".