Pratyush Mishra
Born on 19/08/1990 in Bhanjanagar, Dr. Pratyush Mishrawas schooled at Stewart School, Bhubaneswar which saw the commencement of his journey as a poet. He began writing since 1999-2000 and the gift of poetry continued to haunt him through college life, and he won many prizes for poetry.
A physician by profession yet an ardent student of life by passion,his self-searching and inquisitiveness fuelled his poems.His works in English have been published in The Rock Pebbles, Muse India, a good number of poetry anthologies like Fire,Chants of Peace, etc.The Dhwani Pratidhwani,The Pakshighara,The Bhijamati,The Samadrusti and other literary journals published his poems in Odia.In 2016, he was felicitated at Bhubaneswar Poetry Festival as one of the Thirty Poets under Thirty.
Pratyush Mishra also dabbles in short fiction specifically in the Sci-fi genre, his stories have been published in The Science Reporter, E-fiction India and 365 Tomorrows.Apart from being quiet active in the local poetry open mics as a poetry performer,he collaborates as a lyricist with Uddharett – a death metal band and The Known Strings – an alternative Hindi rock band as well as other artistes of Srujanee Studio.
Fiery Silencesis his second poetry collection.
