Gopinath Mohanty (1914–91) was an eminent Odia novelist and short story writer. His novels Paraja and Danapani are modern classics, and have been widely translated. He was the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955 for his novel, Amrutara Santaan. He won the Jnanpith Award in 1974 and Padma Bhushan in 1981.