Mahabaleshwar Sail
b. 1943author (born 1943)
writer and folklorist
Jayanti Naik
b. 1962, writes in Konkani, writer
Jayanti Naik is an Indian Konkani writer, folklore researcher, short story writer, dramatist, children’s writer, folklorist, and translator. She was the first person to earn a doctorate from the Goa University’s Department of Konkani. Naik is also a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award. In her career of some three decades, she has produced on average, a book a year.
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Books on record
Awards
| 2004 | Sahitya Akademi Award for Athang |
Elsewhere
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Also writing in Konkani
Ravindra Kelekar
1925–2010author (1925–2010)
Manohar Rai Sardesai
1925–2006poet
Arvind Narayan Mambro
b. 1938writer (born 1938)
Bakibab Borkar
1910–1984Marathi and Konkani poet, writer and freedom fighter (1910–1984)
Chandrakant Keni
1934–2009writer (c. 1934–2009)