This is a list of notable Odia language writers from Odisha, India from the 8th century onward.

Charyagiti Era of Buddhist poets (7th - 8th Century A.D )

• Sarahapada

Age of Sarala Yuga (15th Century A.D)

• Sarala Das (1465 ? )

Panchasakha Era (15th - 16th Century A.D)

• Atibadi Jagannath Das (c. 1491-1550)
• Achyutananda Das
• Balaram Das
• Ananta Das
• Jasobanta Das

Age of Upendra Bhanja

• Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja (C. 1688-1740)
• Kavisurya Baladev Rath (c. 1789 – 1845)

Age of Radhanath

• Fakir Mohan Senapati
• Gangadhar Meher
• Radhanath Ray
• Madhusudan Rao
• Nanda Kishore Bal
• Reba Ray

Post Colonial Age

• Gangadhar Meher
• Sachidananda Routray
• Brajanath Rath
• Binod Chandra Nayak
• Bira kishor Das
• Banchhanidhi Mohanty
• Mayadhar Mansingh
• Manorama Mohapatra

Poetry

• Brajanath Rath
• Ramakanta Rath
• Sitakanta Mohapatra
• Haraprasad Das
• Pratibha Satpathy

Novelists

• Gopinath Mohanty
• Surendra Mohanty
• Manoj Das
• Santanu Kumar Acharya
• Pratibha Ray
• Gourahari Das
• Binapani Mohanty
• Amaresh Biswal
• Narayan Chandra Sinha^[1]

Women's Writings and Feminism

• Sarojini Sahoo
• Archana Nayak
• Nandini Sahu

Children's literature

Odia children's literature has a long history. Its roots are in Moukhika Sishu Sahitya, which is a part of the Loka Sahitya meant for the children. As its development started after modern education was implemented, Odia children's literature is divided in two categories, Odia Moukhika children's literature and Odia written children's literature.

• Ramakrushna Nanda
• Krutibas Nayak
• Adikanda Mahanta

Drama/Plays

• Manoranjan Das
• Gopal Chhotray

Short Story

• Baidyanath Misra
• Fakir Mohan Senapati
• Surendra Mohanty
• Manoj Das
• Jagadish Mohanty
• Sarojini Sahoo
• Gourahari Das
• Hussain Rabi Gandhi

Popular science

• Binod Kanungo
• Gokulananda Mohapatra
• Ramesh Chandra Parida
• Kamalakanta Jena
• Mayadhar Swain