Turia Chand Baskey is a Santhali writer and editor. He received Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali literature in 2023.

Career

Baskey hails from Papuria village in Lalgarh,

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. His real name is Taraceen Baskey. He was graduated from Silda Chandra Sekhar College and joined a service under

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in 1990. Later, he works as a teacher at Babupur Agricultural High School at

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near

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. His first poetry book ''Jala'' was published in 1993. Baskey edited ''Tirandaj'' literary magazine and wrote 31 books in Ol Chiki. In 2015 he received Sarada Prasad Kisku memorial Award conferred by the Santhali Academy of

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. The

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awarded him Shikhsaratna in 2023 for his literary contributions. In 2023, Baskey was awarded Sahitya Akademy for his short story collection ''Jaba Baha''.

Awards

* Saradaprasad Kisku Smriti Puraskar (2015) * Sadhu Ramchand Murmu Smriti Puraskar (2019) * Shiksha Ratna (2023) * Sahitya Akademy (2023)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baskey, Turia Chand Living people Adivasi writers Santali people Santali writers Writers from West Bengal 20th-century Indian male writers Novelists from West Bengal 20th-century Indian short story writers Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Santali Year of birth missing (living people)