Cha. Fra. D'Costa
Cha. Fra. D'Costa | |
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Born | Marnamikatta, Mangalore, India | 10 October 1931
Died | 1992 (aged 61)[1] |
Language | Konkani |
Cha. Fra. D'Costa was a Konkani poet, dramatist and journalist.
Early life[]
Cha. Fra. was born in Mangalore on 10 October 1931 near Marnamikatta as the eldest of four children of Madthabai and Marcel D’Costa. He did his primary education in Cascia School and High School in Milagres School where the medium of instruction was English.[2] He moved to Bombay in 1948 and worked in the Election Commission for the first general election of independent India. Later he became an employee of B.E.S.T.[3]
Konkani journalism[]
He was also editor of Poinnari and later, after leaving Poinnari in 1959, Cha. Fra. D'Costa started Konkani periodicals such as Zag-mag, Vixal Konkonn (1961), Jivit (1983), and Udev (1976).[4]
Plays[]
- Sobit Sounsar
- Sunnem Mazor Hansta (One-Act)
- Tomato (One-Act)
- Vishenticho Bhav (One-Act)
- Tornem Tornem Mornem (One-Act)
- Poinnaryancho Mitr
- Bhangar Monis
- Jorji Buthel
- Mankddacho Pai
- Magirchem Magir
- Boklaak Sat Ji:v
- Kuvalyachi Val
- Handdo uttla
- Boncho Bandh
- Dev Polleit Asa
- Doro
- Them Tho ani Hanv
- Shirigundi Shimaon
- Dakther Dusman
- Jillacho Novro
- Moja Puthacho Kinkulo
- Rojik Kazar
- Avnkwar Mesthri
- Zuze Dayal
- Macho
Poetry[]
- Sonshayche Kan
Awards[]
He won the Central Sahitya Akademi Award in 1989.[8]
Citations[]
- ^ Sardesai 2000, p. 275
- ^ Pinto, Anil. Works of Cha. Fra.: A Study
- ^ Pinto, Anil. Works of Cha. Fra.: A Study
- ^ http://tskk.org/content_disp.php?id=93
- ^ Saradesāya, Manohararāya (2000). A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992. ISBN 9788172016647.
- ^ Stella’ D��Costa, Edited works of Cha. Fra
- ^ D’Sliva, Victor. Cha Fra D’Costa. Mangalore: Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy, 2000
- ^ https://wikien4.appspot.com/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award_to_Konkani_Writers
References[]
- Sardesai, Manohar Rai (1 January 2000). A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi. p. 336. ISBN 81-7201-664-6. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
Categories:
- 1931 births
- 1992 deaths
- Konkani people
- Writers from Mangalore
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Konkani
- Konkani-language poets
- 20th-century Indian poets
- Indian male poets
- Poets from Karnataka
- 20th-century Indian male writers