Rupchand Hansda
Hansda in 2018
NationalityIndian
Alma materKapgari College
Occupation(s)Writer, Civil Servant
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award (2020)

Rupchand Hansda is an Indian writer of Santali language and civil servant from West Bengal. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2018. In 2020, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of poems Gur Dak Kasa Dak.

Biography

Hansda was a student of Kapgari College.[1] He works in Indian Railways.[1] He was the founding president of All India Santali Writers Association and served this post for 27 years.[1]

Hansda translated Shakti Chattopadhyay's poetry Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo into Santali titled Sen Dareyak'an Menkhan Chedak. The book was published in 2016.[1] For this work he was awarded Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2018.[2][3] In 2020, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for his collection of poems Gur Dak Kasa Dak.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "অকাদেমি পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন রূপচাঁদ". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ^ "AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Majuli always part of world heritage: Nemade". The Assam Tribune. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Sahitya Akademi Award 2020" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 12 March 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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