Tala Tudu Explained

Tala Tudu
Birth Date:1972
Birth Place:Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Occupation:Writer, Nurse
Relatives:Rabindranath Murmu (brother)
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College

Tala Tudu is an Indian writer of Santali language and nurse from Jharkhand. 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.[1]

Tudu translated Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Parineeta into Santali titled Baplanij. It was her first translation.[2] For this work she was awarded Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2015.[3]

Tudu is married to Ganesh Tudu, an advocate by profession.[1] They have a daughter and a son. Their names are Anisha and Ashish.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Found in translation, a debut feat. 22 February 2016. 27 November 2019. The Telegraph.
  2. Web site: সাঁওতালি অনুবাদে শরৎচন্দ্র, পুরস্কার তালা টুডুর. 19 February 2016. 27 November 2019. Anandabazar Patrika. bn.
  3. Web site: AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018). Sahitya Akademi. 20 November 2019.