Arjun Charan Hembram is an Indian writer of

Santali language Santali (, Ol Chiki: ), Bengali: , Odia: , Devanagari: , also known as Santal, is the most widely spoken language of the Munda subfamily of the Austroasiatic languages, related to Ho and Mundari, spoken mainly in the Indian states of Assam ...

and banker from

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

. He won

Sahitya Akademi Award The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...

in 2012.

Biography

Hembram was born on 1952 in Ghatkuanri,

Mayurbhanj Mayurbhanj district is one of the 30 districts in Odisha state in eastern India. It is the largest district of Odisha by area. Its headquarters are at Baripada. Other major towns are Rairangpur, Karanjia and Udala. , it is the third-most-popu ...

Orissa Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...

. He is the founder-editor of Santali literary magazine ''Chai Champa''. He also brought out Santali fortnightly magazine ''Bahabonga''. Hembram was awarded

in 2013 for his poetry ''Chanda Bonga''. Two of his books, ''Lade Sarjom'' and ''Chanda Bonga'', are included in the curriculum of

North Orissa University Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University (MSCB University), formerly North Orissa University (NOU), is a public university in the regional city of Baripada in the state of Odisha, India. This university mainly provides higher education ...

and

Union Public Service Commission The Union Public Service Commission (ISO: ), commonly abbreviated as UPSC, is India's premier central recruitment agency for recruitment of all the Group 'A' officers under Government of India. It is responsible for appointments to and exami ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hembram, Arjun Charan Living people 1952 births People from Mayurbhanj district Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Santali Santali people