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Konkani Literature
Konkani literature is literature in the Konkani language, mostly produced in three scripts: Roman, Devanagari and Kannada. Konkani literature is eligible for the Sahitya Akademi Award. History While the earliest inscriptions in Konkani date from around the end of the first millennium, the first writer in the history of Konkani language known to us today is Shamaraja; who was also known as Krishnadas Shama as he was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna. He was born in the 15th century AD in the village of Quelossim in Goa. As per the date mentioned in his ''Shrikrishnacharitrakatha'', he began writing his book on 13th of the Vaishakha month of the Hindu lunar calendar, which is 25 April 1526, according to the Gregorian calendar. He authored ''Ramayana'', ''Mahabharata'', and ''Krishnacharitrakatha'' in prose style. The manuscripts have not been found, although transliterations in Roman script are found in Braga in Portugal. The script used by him for his work still remains a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doutrina Christam (book Of Stephens, 1622)
''Doutrina Christam em Lingoa Bramana Canarim'' (Christian Doctrines in the Canarese Brahmin Language), commonly known as ''Doutrina Christam'' or ''Dovtrina Christam'', was written by Fr. Thomas Stephens (1549–1619), an English Jesuit, and published in 1622. The larger form of the book's name is ''Doutrina Christam em Lingua Bramana Canarim, Ordenada a maniera de dialogo para ensinar os meninos, pelo Padre Thomas Estevão, Jesuita, no Collegio de Rachol'' (Christian Doctrines in the Canarese Brahmin Language, arranged in dialogue to teach children, by Fr. Thomas Stephans, College of Rachol, 1622). References Citations *. 1622 works Jesuit publications Christianity in Goa History of Goa Konkani {{RC-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesuit
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Pundalik Naik
Pundalik Narayan Naik (born 21 April 1952) is an Indian Konkani poet, short-story writer, novelist, playwright, and screenwriter. He has 40 books and two films to his credit.Pundalik Naik bestowed with Gomant Sharda Puraskar '' Navhind Times'', 31 May 2010. Achievements He served as the President of Goa Konkani Akademi (Goa Academy of Letters for Konkani) of the since 2002. His novel ''Acchev'' (''The Upheav ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliot Ely
Elliot (also spelled Eliot, Elliotte, Elliott, Eliott and Elyot) is a personal name which can serve as either a surname or a given name. Although the given name has historically been given to males, females have increasingly been given the name as well in the United States. The main difference is the surname, which has two roots: The Borderlands of Scotland, where the Clan Eliott was located, and Brittany, from where Bretons emigrated to southern England, initially during the invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066. Surname origin Scotland The origin of the Scottish surname is obscure, due to much of the genealogy of the Eliott clan being burnt in the destruction of the castle at Stobs in 1712. The clan society usually accepts that the name originated from the town and river Elliot in Angus, Scotland. More likely sources claim that the Scottish surnames (Eliott, Elliot) originate from the Ellot Scottish border-clan, from a transformation of the name ''Elwold''. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reginald Fernandes
Reginaldo "Reginald" Fernandes (14 June 1914 – 13 November 1994) was an Indian writer, musician and cultural figure active in Goan Konkani music. He was known for having written a vast number of Konkani ''romans'' novels, over a hundred in number. He has been called the "King of Konkani Fiction". Career Fernandes had a sway of many decades in the world of the Konkani ''romans'', and his productive period spanned over six decades. His first novel was published in 1932, and the last one, called ''Perdida'', made it to the stands in 1994. His first novel was ''Lindorf''. He sold up to 5000 copies of his books, according to news reports, and some got reprinted; yet "the pundits of the Konkani language did not find any merit in his literature, probably because it was written in the Roman script." Fernandes wrote fiction and romance, with an "imaginative approach" toe "effective descriptions of the situation". "Many readers would anxiously wait until his next book would be out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caridade Damaciano Fernandes
Caridade Damaciano Fernandes (1904 – 7 October 1948) was a prolific Portuguese Konkani novelist and a pioneer of prose fiction writing in that language. He has been called "the father of Konkani novels". Caridade Damacian died on October 7, 1948, yet his legacy is still remembered and celebrated. Life Caridade Damacian was the only child of Manuel Fernandes (from Maina, Goa) and Maria M. Mascarenhas (from Corjuem). His birth-date is unknown. He was born in humble circumstances, which nonetheless did not deter him from following his literary pursuits. He was from the Maina ward of Aldona, and was the son of a farmer. His mother was a cook, who went to homes offering her services at cooking and making Goan sweets. He became a seaman, married Maria Luisa de Souza of Parra, and they had no children. He lived for most of his adult life in Bombay, and rose to literary fame in the 1930s. Caridade and Maria's home was in front of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Home for the Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ravindra Kelekar
Ravindra Kelekar (7 March 1925 – 27 August 2010) was an Indian author who wrote primarily in the Konkani language, though he also wrote in Marathi and Hindi. A Gandhian activist, freedom fighter and a pioneer in the modern Konkani movement, he was a well known Konkani scholar, linguist, and creative thinker. Kelekar was a participant in the Indian freedom movement, Goa's liberation movement, and later the campaign against the merger of the newly formed Goa with Maharashtra. He played a key role in the founding of the ''Konkani Bhasha Mandal'', which lead the literary campaign for the recognition of Konkani as a full-fledged language, and its reinstatement as the state language of Goa. He authored nearly 100 books in the Konkani language, including ''Amchi Bhas Konkaneech'', ''Shalent Konkani Kityak'', ''Bahu-bhashik Bharatant Bhashenche Samajshastra'' and ''Himalayant'', and also edited ''Jaag'' magazine for more than two decades. Kelekar died at Apollo Hospital at M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenoi Goembab
Waman Raghunath Shennoi Varde Valaulikar (23 June 1877 – 9 April 1946), better known as Shenoi Goembab, was a Portuguese writer and activist of the Konkani language. Early life Waman Raghunath Shennoi Varde Valaulikar was born on 23 June 1877 at Bicholim, Goa, which was part of Portuguese India during the Portuguese Empire (now in India). He came from a notable family which boast the presence of diplomats. One of his progenitors was a diplomat of a local potentate in the court of the Portuguese in Goa, while another is reported to have been was Delegate or Ambassador of the Portuguese Government at the Court of the Peshwas in Poona, British India. Goembab's father, however, was not a successful man, who was reported to have held the position of manager in the household of a rich relative and subsequently a poor shopkeeper in Bicholim. He attended primary school in Marathi till 6th grade and then joined a Portuguese primary school, where he completed ''"Segundo Grau"'' (ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goan Literature
Goan literature is the literature pertaining to the state of Goa in India. Goa has a population of around 1.4 million and an area of 3,700 sq. kilometres (1,430 sq. miles). For a small region, it has a significant amount of publication activity, possibly in part because its people write in a number of languages—perhaps as many as 13—and also because of the large expatriate and diaspora population of Goans settled across the globe. Among its most noted writers are Laxmanrao Sardessai (1904–1986) and R. V. Pandit (1917–1990), both of whom wrote poetry and prose in Marathi, Konkani, and Portuguese; Shenoi Goembab (1877–1946), whose Konkani writing helped to establish Konkani as a modern literary language; Ravindra Kelekar (1925–2010), who wrote some of the twentieth century's foremost Konkani literature; and Pundalik Naik (born 1952), whose 1977 novel ''Acchev'' was the first Konkani novel to be translated into English. History Goa was the first place in Asia to h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Francesco Saverio Maffei
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Mangalore
Mangaluru (), formerly called Mangalore ( ), is a major industrial port city in the Indian state of Karnataka and on the west coast of India. It is located between the Laccadive Sea and the Western Ghats about west of Bengaluru, the state capital, north of Karnataka–Kerala border and south of Goa. Mangaluru is the state's only city to have all four modes of transport—air, road, rail and sea. The population of the urban agglomeration was 619,664 national census of India. It is known for being one of the locations of the Indian strategic petroleum reserves. The city developed as a port in the Laccadive Sea during ancient times, and after Independence a new port was constructed in 1968 and has since become a major port of India that handles 75 percent of India's coffee and cashew exports. It is also the country's seventh largest container port. Mangaluru has been ruled by several major powers, including the Mauryan empire, Kadambas, Alupas, Vij ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
