Rabindra Kumar Nayak, born on 19 April 1965, is a Reader in English,

Anandapur College, Anandapur. Kendujhar, Odisha. He is a bilingual translator and has been active in the field of translation for the last 25 years with more than 30 books to his credit, published by leading publishers of Odisha, State Museum and National Book Trust, India. He also writes poems and essays both in Odia and English. His important translated works include Thais, a novel by Anatole France, Kamasutra by Maharshi Vatsyayan, Bidroha 1857, Usna Deena Dirgha Raati, an anthology of African Short Stories, Paandavapura, a Malayalam novel by Sethu, Tolstoy's Ivan Ilichnka Mrutyu and Eric Fromm's Bhalapaaibara Kalaa.