Rupchand Hansda is an Indian writer of

Santali language Santali (, Ol Chiki: ), Bengali: , Odia: , Devanagari: , also known as Santal, is the most widely spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Ass ...

and civil servant from

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. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2018. In 2020, he received the

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

for his collection of poems ''Gur Dak Kasa Dak''.

Biography

Hansda was a student of Kapgari College. He works in

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. He was the founding president of All India Santali Writers Association and served this post for 27 years. Hansda translated

Shakti Chattopadhyay Shakti Chattopadhyay (25 November 1933 – 23 March 1995) was an Indian poet and writer who wrote in Bengali language, Bengali. He is known for his realistic depictions of rural life. He was a green poet, many of his poems raised the issue of n ...

's poetry ''Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo'' into Santali titled ''Sen Dareyak'an Menkhan Chedak''. The book was published in 2016. For this work he was awarded

Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize or Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation is a literary honour in India, presented by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, given to "outstanding translations of creative and critical works" in 24 m ...

in 2018. In 2020, he received the

for his collection of poems ''Gur Dak Kasa Dak''.

References

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