Joba Murmu | |
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| Born | Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India |
| Occupation | Writer, litterateur |
| Language | Santali |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | children's literature |
| Notable awards | Sahitya Akademi's Children's Literature Award |
Joba Murmu is an Indian writer and litterateur who is known for her works in Santali literature. She received the Sahitya Akademi's Children's Literature Award on November 14, 2017 due to her language contribution to Santali literature. [1]
Joba Murmu is a Santhali writer and known face in Santhali community. She is a winner of Bal Sahitya Puraskar by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi for the year 2017. Murmu was born in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand to Shri C R Majhi and Late Baha Murmu. She was always a keen reader of novels and stories in her early childhood, which led her to write one of herself.
While in college her interest rose in dramatics where she met her better half Mr. Pitambar Majhi, who is also a Sahitya Akademi Bal Shaitya Puraskar winner in 2012. After completing her graduation, she did her post graduation in Santhali and Hindi. She is also a law graduate. She have several books under her name like BAHA UMUL a poetry collection ,BEWRA (Short stories), PREM CHANDAH SORES KAHANI KO (Translation) and others. She received the Sahitya Akademi award in 2017 for OLON BAHA, a collection of short stories. [2] She translated the famous Geetanjali a book of Rabindra Nath Tagore in Santhali. Murmu was awarded R R KISKU RAPAJ TRANSLATION AWARD in 2016 from All India Santhali Writers Association. She has many other awards in her bag like Pt. Raghunath Murmu award in 2012 & Rabindranath Tagore award in 2020. [3]
She is currently working as a teacher in a school. [4] In her long career she has also been lyricist, script writer and director in a Santhali film. She has got opportunity to sing many folk songs in All India Radio, Jamshedpur. [5]
She has written many stories in Santhali. Her book of short stories 'Olon Baha' was given the Sahitya Academy's Bal Sahitya Puraskar,2017. [6]
She translated the stories of Premchand and Gitanjali of Rabindranath Thakur in Santhali. [1]
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