Joba Murmu is an Indian writer and

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who is known for her works in Santali literature. She received the

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's Children's Literature Award on November 14, 2017 for her contribution to Santali literature.

Personal life

Murmu was born in

Jamshedpur Jamshedpur (; ), also known as Tatanagar, is a major industrial city in eastern India. It is the List of cities in Jharkhand by population, largest city in the state of Jharkhand. With a population of 629,658 in the city limits and 1.3 million ...

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to Shri C R Majhi and Baha Murmu. She was always a keen reader of novels and stories in her early childhood. While in college her interest rose in dramatics where she met her husband Pitambar Majhi. He won the

Bal Shaitya Puraskar winner in 2012.

Career

Joba Murmu is a Santhali writer and known face in Santhali community. She was awarded the

Bal Sahitya Puraskar The Bal Sahitya Puraskar (Hindi: बाल साहित्य पुरस्कार) also known as Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar, is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annua ...

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in 2017. After completing her graduation, she did her post graduation in Santhali and

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. She is also a law graduate. She has written several books including BAHA UMUL, a poetry collection, BEWRA, a collection of short stories, PREM CHANDAH SORES KAHANI KO, a translation, and others. She received the Sahitya Akademi award in 2017 for OLON BAHA. She also translated the famous

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a book of

Rabindra Nath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renaissance. He ...

in Santhali. Murmu was awarded the R. R. Kisku Rapaj Award from the All India Santhali Writers Association in 2016 . She has also been awarded the Pt. Raghunath Murmu award in 2012 and the Rabindranath Tagore award in 2020. She is currently working as a primary school teacher at the Bal Vikas primary school in Karandih,

. She has also been a lyricist, script writer and director in a Santhali film. She has got opportunity to sing many folk songs in

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, Jamshedpur.

Works

Murmu wrote a book of 21 short stories, titled 'Olon Baha'. She was given the

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in 2017. She translated the stories of

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and

Gitanjali __NOTOC__ ''Gitanjali'' () is a collection of poems by the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, for its English translation, '' Song Offerings'', making him the first non-European and the fi ...

of Rabindranath Thakur in Santhali.

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