Rabindranath Murmu Explained

Rabindranath Murmu
Birth Date:1967/68[1]
Occupation:Writer
Relatives:Tala Tudu (sister)
Nationality:Indian

Rabindranath Murmu is an Indian Santali language writer from Jharkhand. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2012.

Biography

Murmu is Tala Tudu's brother.[2] He worked in Tata Steel.[3]

Murmu translated Mahasweta Devi's novel Iter Upor It into Santali titled Ita Chetan Re Ita. For this work he was awarded Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2012.[4] He also translated Acharya Chatur Singh's Hindi book Sachhai Ki Karamaat Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s Bengali book Boro Didi.[1] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Award boost for tribal translation - Rabindranath Murmu bags Sahitya Akademi honour in Chennai. 25 August 2013. 27 November 2019. The Telegraph.
  2. Web site: Found in translation, a debut feat. 22 February 2016. 27 November 2019. The Telegraph.
  3. Web site: Tribal translation gets Akademi pat - Santhali writer Rabindranath Murmu renders Bengali novel in own tongue. 22 December 2012. 27 November 2019. The Telegraph.
  4. Web site: AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018). Sahitya Akademi. 20 November 2019.

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