Kali Charan Hembram (born 1 May 1960) 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 civil servant from
Odisha
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. He won the
Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali in 2019.
Biography
Hembram was born on 1 May 1960 in
Mayurbhanj.
He completed his school life from Bahalda High School. Later, he was admitted into
Tata College and graduated from there.
[ He is working as a section officer at the Council of Higher Secondary Education in ]Bhubaneswar
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.[
Hembram is the writer of anthology of short stories titled ''Sisirjali''.][ It is his first published book. The book consists of 15 short stories.][ For this book he was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali in 2019.]
Selected bibliography
* ''Bousoyem Upol''[
* ''Dhibur Gating''][
* ''Jabor Gansng''][
* ''Damadol''][
* ''Guligodoriyo''][
* ''Saota Sechet''][
* ''Nirmoya Dharti''][
* ''Timir Sagingre Lo-Beer''][
* ''Donmese Barudang Tala Tordang''][
* ''Sisirjali''][
* ''Sirjon Kahet''][
]
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hembram, Kali Charan
Living people
1960 births
People from Mayurbhanj district
Indian civil servants
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Santali
Kolhan University alumni