Bidyutprabha Devi was born in 1926, he stated writing poems in the middle of the forties under the inspiration of her father Nimaicharan Das. She got herself acquainted with talented writers of odia literature when she was just a girl. Though educated in an urban area she reflects the intimate memory of rural life of her childhood days. The poetic influence of Nandakishore Bal and Kunjabihari Das, two major poets of rural scenes, worked as a spell on her mind. The f.ollowing publications speak of her deep involvement in rural life: Sabita, 1947, Utkal Saraswata Prativa, 1947, Kanakanjali, 1948, Marichika, 1948, Bihayasi, 1949, Bandenika, 1950, Swapnadeep, 1951, Jhara Siuli, 1957, Jahaku Jie, 1957. Collection of her entire work known as Bidyutaprabha Sanchayan was published in 1957.

Within these ten years of creativity Bidyutprabha emerged as a powerful lyricist with traditional attitude towards nature and G.od. She had never tried to get out of the boundaries of village life and as such she closed her eyes towards the complex situation of post-war period. Her poems clearly deal with the problems of women that exist in an age-old conservative society. In this sense, most of her poems are full of pathos. After 1957,.

She wrote some children’s literature occasionally. Mati, Pani, Pabana, Jyotishikha and Surjyamukhi, all published in 1973 are three collections which indicate her drift towards spirituality. In this period she chose to lead a spiritual life and stayed at the Aurobindo Asram of Pondicherry. She was so restless that she shook off all attachment with her loving husband and hardly came to see him at Bhubaneswar. With this restlessness and search f.or a celestial light she finally committed suicide in a cold winter morning of January under the wheels of a moving train near Bhubaneswar.

Odia Books By Bidyutprabha Devi

Mati
Jyotishikha
Surjyamukhi
Pabana
Pani

Poems

Sabita
Utkal Saraswata Prativa
Kanakanjali
Marichika
Bihayasi
Bandenika
Swapnadeep
Jhara Siuli
Jahaku Jie