Kali Charan Hembram

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Kali Charan Hembram
Born (1960-05-01) 1 May 1960 (age 65)
Mayurbhanj, Orissa, India
OccupationsCivil servant, writer
Awards Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali (2019)

Kali Charan Hembram (born 1 May 1960) is an Indian writer of Santali language and civil servant from Odisha. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali in 2019.

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Biography

Hembram was born on 1 May 1960 in Mayurbhanj. [1] He went to school at Bahalda High School. After school he was admitted to Tata College where he graduated. [1] He is working as a section officer at the Council of Higher Secondary Education in Bhubaneswar. [2]

Hembram is involved in writing books, plays and songs in Santali. He wrote the dialogue of a Santali film titled Jiwi Jury. [1]

Hembram is the writer of an anthology of short stories titled Sisirjali. [3] This book was published in 2013. [1] It was his first book that was published. [4] The book consists of 15 short stories. [1] He was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali for this book in 2019. [5] [6] [7]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 সাঁওতালীর জন্য দিল্লী সাহিত্য আকাদেমী পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন কালীচরণ হেমব্রম. Sar Sagun (in Bengali). 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  2. "Odisha's Kalicharan Hembram To Receive Sahitya Akademi For Santali Anthology". Sambad English. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  3. "Santhali Writer From Odisha Wins Sahitya Akademi Award". Odisha Bytes. 20 December 2019. Archived from the original on 23 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. প্রথম গল্প সংকলনেই এল পুরস্কার, সাঁওতালিতে সাহিত্য আকাদেমি কালীচরণ হেমব্রমের. prohor.in (in Bengali). 23 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. "Sahitya Akademi's 2019 awards includes non-fiction by Shashi Tharoor". The Hindu. 18 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  6. "Shashi Tharoor, Nand Kishore Acharya among writers to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2019". Outlook. 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. "Two writers from Odisha to get Sahitya Akademi awards". The Times of India. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.