Rabindranath Murmu

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Rabindranath Murmu
Born1967/68 [1]
OccupationWriter
Relatives Tala Tudu (sister)

Rabindranath Murmu is an Indian Santali language writer from Jharkhand. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2012.

Biography

Murmu 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

  1. 1 2 "Award boost for tribal translation - Rabindranath Murmu bags Sahitya Akademi honour in Chennai". The Telegraph. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ↑ "Found in translation, a debut feat". The Telegraph. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Tribal translation gets Akademi pat - Santhali writer Rabindranath Murmu renders Bengali novel in own tongue". The Telegraph. 22 December 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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