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Damodar Mauzo (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian short story writer, novelist, critic and script writer in Konkani.
Dec 8, 2021 · Mauzo is the second Konkani writer to receive the highest literary award, presented annually by Bharatiya Jnanpith. Ravindra Kelekar had won the 42nd Jnanpith award for 2006, the first-ever awarded to an author writing in Konkani, presented in July 2010.
DAMODAR MAUZO is one of Goa's best known Konkani fiction writers. He was born in Goa on August 1, 1944. He graduated in Commerce from R. A. Podar College of Commerce & Economics in Mumbai before taking over the family business of running a shop in Majorda.
Dec 9, 2021 · Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan Jr has won the 56th Jnanpith Award, and Konkani novelist Damodar Mauzo has won the 57th Jnanpith Award. India’s highest literary award, the annual Jnanpith is bestowed on writers for “their outstanding contribution towards literature”.
May 28, 2023 · Goan writer Damodar Mauzo has been awarded the prestigious Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour. Mauzo, known for his work in Konkani literature, has 25 books published in his native language and one in English, with many translated into different languages.
Feb 23, 2022 · Damodar Mauzo: I am fond of the smell of printed books. Soon after winning the Jnanpith Award for 2021, renowned Konkani author Damodar Mauzo speaks to Charmiane Alexander about the importance of the award for Konkani language, his writerly life and need for literary translations.
Jan 9, 2022 · Damodar Mauzo, a prolific writer whose oeuvre spans the literary gamut from short stories to novellas, novels, children’s stories, to film scripts, biographies and newspaper columns, bagged the 2021-22 Jnanpith Award.
Dec 8, 2021 · Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo has won the Jnanpith Award 2021. His fiction shows why An excerpt from the story ‘Illusion’, from ‘Mirage and Other Stories’, by Damodar Mauzo, translated from ...
Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo’s sometimes bizarre, sometimes tender stories, set largely in Goa, create a world far removed from the sun and sand and the holiday resorts.
Feb 26, 2022 · Damodar Mauzo, the outspoken Jnanpith Award-winning Konkani writer from Goa, remains unfazed by the threats to his life. Published - February 26, 2022 04:00 pm IST.
