Amarendra Khatua (b. 1957) is a bilingual poet and retired Indian diplomat. He has authored 19 coll ections of poetry in Odia and 04 in English. He is also translated in 03 volumes of poetry in Hindi, one each in Telugu & Tamil. His poems are t ranslated in all major Indian languages and also in Spanish, Russian and French. He has won several awards and retired from the post of Director General of ICCR (Indian Council for Cultural Relations).