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Damayanti Beshra
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Damayanti Beshra was born on 18th February in 1962 at Boberjoda in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha.[1] She
is a Santali writer and poet. She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009.[2] She also publishes the first women's magazine in Santali language called Karam Dar.
She is the first female writer in the language to author and publish an anthology of poems ‘Jiwi Jharna’ in 1994.[3]She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020.[4][5]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Here Is How Padmashri Recipient Damayanti Beshra Is Reviving Santhali Literature". Youth Ki Awaaz. 2020-10-12. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- ↑ "Sahitya Akademi Meet The Author Damayanti Beshra" (PDF). Sahitya Akademi. 1 September 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Odisha's padma prides". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
- ↑ "Odisha's padma prides". The New Indian Express. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
- ↑ "Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes given Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Here's full list of Padma award recipients". The Economic Times. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
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