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Manohar Rai Sardesai

1925–2006, writes in Konkani, French, writer, poet

Manohar Rai Sardesai was an Indian Konkani poet, writer and French translator. He received his Doctorat ès lettres françaises for his thesis “L’image de l’Inde en France” from the University of Sorbonne. He has been credited for an upsurge of modern Konkani poetry. Sardesai died in 2006.

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Books on record

Awards

1980Sahitya Akademi Award for Pissolim

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Konkani

Bakibab Borkar

1910–1984Marathi and Konkani poet, writer and freedom fighter (1910–1984)