Kanan Mishra (1944âÂÂ2015) was an Odia writer.
Mishra was born on 1 January 1944 at Cuttack, Odisha. She wrote five novels, four collections of poetry, one English featured novel and seven children's stories. She was married. She died on 7 March 2015 at the age of 71.
For her translated book Suryamukhi ra Swapna she received the Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award from the state government of Odisha.