Brajanath Ratha (12 January 1936 – 31 May 2014) was an Indian poet who wrote in the Odia language. Ratha is internationally recognised and is the recipient of many awards such as the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award, Vishuba Award, Gokarnika Award, First Shudramuni Sahitya Award and Honoured by South Korea's Ambassador, from Global Cooperation Society International, Seol, Republic of Korea for Contribution in World Welfare, Cooperation and Services.
Ratha was awarded with Tagore Literature Awards in 2010 for Samanya Asamanya, a poetry collection containing three types of poems: progressive, satirical and philosophical. His first poem was written to welcome India's independence in 1947. He has been conferred with honours from the Odisha Sahitya Academy Award for Manara Manachitra (Map of the Mind) to the Silver Jubilee Award for poetry by Prajatantra Prachar Samiti, Cuttack.
Vishuba Silver Jubilee Award, 1974; for poetry by Prajatantra Prachar Samiti, Cuttack.
Odisha Sahitya Akademi Award, 1984; for "Manara Manachitra" (poetry)
Kabishekhar Chintamani Award, 1995;
Justice Harihara Mohapatra Smaraka Award, 1996;
Punarnaba Anadi-Ananta Kabita Award, 2002;
First Shudramuni Sahitya Award, 2009; By Sea-Shore Sahitya Academy, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
1st Tagore Literature Awards, 2010; for Samanya Asamanya (poetry collection) by Kendra Sahitya Akademi.
Gangadhar Meher Kabita Samman, 1999; From Utkala Sahitya Samaj, Cuttack.
Utkalashri Samman, 2001; From Utkal-Sahitya Kala Parishad, Cuttack.
Jibana Ranga Samman, 2001; Cuttack.
Dasharathi Pattnayak Library Trust Samman, 2002; Udaypur, Nayagarh.
Kunjabana Sahitya Samman, 2002; Dasapalla, Nayagarh.
Sahitya-Bharati Samman, 2003; From Gangadhar Ratha Foundation.
Vishuba Samman, 2003; From Kalinga Sanskrutika Parishada, JKPur, Rayagada.
Vishuba Samman, 2004; From Aadarsha Pathagara, Rourkela.
Sahitya Samman, 2005; From Kharashrota Sanskrutika Parishada, Kandiahat, Kendrapada.