Rabindranath Murmu

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

Rabindranath Murmu
Born1967/68[1]
NationalityIndian
OccupationWriter
RelativesTala Tudu (sister)

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 Award for Santali Translation 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. "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. "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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