Tala Tudu 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 nurse from
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
. She won
Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2015. She was born in 1972.
Biography
Tudu is
Rabindranath Murmu
Rabindranath Murmu is an Indian Santali language writer from Jharkhand. He won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2012.
Biography
Murmu is Tala Tudu's brother. He worked in Tata Steel.
Murmu translated Mahasweta Devi's novel ' ...
's sister. She was a student of
Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College
Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial college, established in 1971, is a general degree college in the Jharkhand state of India. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Kolhan University.
D ...
.
Tudu translated
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
's novel ''
Parineeta'' into
Santali titled ''Baplanij''. It was her first translation.
For this work she was awarded
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize
Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize or Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation is a literary honour in India, presented by Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, given to "outstanding translations of creative and critical works" in 24 m ...
in 2015.
Tudu is married to Ganesh Tudu, an advocate by profession.
[ They have a daughter and a son. Their names are Anisha and Ashish.
]
References
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation into Santali
Living people
Indian women translators
Kolhan University alumni
Indian women nurses
Santali people
Santali writers
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation
1972 births
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