Rabindranath Murmu is an Indian Santali language writer from Jharkhand. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2012.
Rabindranath Murmu | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967/68[1] |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Relatives | Tala Tudu (sister) |
Biography
editMurmu is Tala Tudu's brother.[2] He worked in Tata Steel.[3]
Murmu translated Mahasweta Devi's novel Iter Upor It into Santali titled Ita Chetan Re Ita. For this work he was awarded Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2012.[4] He also translated Acharya Chatur Singh's Hindi book Sachhai Ki Karamaat Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Bengali book Boro Didi.[1][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Award boost for tribal translation - Rabindranath Murmu bags Sahitya Akademi honour in Chennai". The Telegraph. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "Found in translation, a debut feat". The Telegraph. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ a b "Tribal translation gets Akademi pat - Santhali writer Rabindranath Murmu renders Bengali novel in own tongue". The Telegraph. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ^ "AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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