Damayanti Beshra is a Santali author and Adivasi researcher. She is known for literature of Santali language. In 2020, she was honoured by Padma Shri for her remarkable contribution to Santhali literature. She was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009. She also published 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. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2020.

Awards and recognition

* 2009:Awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2009. * 2020: Received Padma Shri for her remarkable contribution to Santhali literature.

References

Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Santali Living people Santali people Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature & education Adivasi women 1962 births Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation {{India-writer-stub