Tala Tudu is an Indian writer of

Santali language Santali (, , , , ) is a Kherwarian languages, Kherwarian Munda languages, Munda language spoken natively by the Santals, Santal people of South Asia. It is the most widely-spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, ...

and nurse from

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. She won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2015. She was born in 1972.

Biography

Tudu is Rabindranath Murmu's sister. She was a student of Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College. Tudu translated

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's novel '' Parineeta'' into Santali titled ''Baplanij''. It was her first translation. For this work she 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 ...

in 2015. Tudu is married to Ganesh Tudu, an advocate by profession. They have a daughter and a son. Their names are Anisha and Ashish.

References

Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation into Santali Living people Kolhan University alumni Indian women nurses Indian nurses Santali people Santali writers 1972 births {{India-translator-stub