J F DSouza receives Late Victor Rodrigues Memorial Konkani Literary Award

Media Release

Mangaluru, 04 Jul 2015: Prestigious Late Victor Rodrigues Memorial Konkani Literary Awards-2015 has been conferred on noted Konkani writer, litterateur and short story writer J F D’Souza, Attavar.

 

 

The award will be presented at a ceremony to be held at Samanvaya Conference Hall, Urwa Store on Sunday July 19. The award consists of a purse of Rs 10,000, citation and memento.

 

J F D’Souza is a multiligual writer who has penned works in Konkani, English, Kannada and Tulu.

 

Born in 1943 in Attavar, he worked in the forest department for 39 years.

 

He first started writing in Konkani in 1960 through his contributions to a magazine named ’Jhelo’. After series of contributions, he then ventured into writing children’s stories. He has compiled and published 9 volumes of children’s stories- Bhangarachi Masli (Golden Fish), Bhangarachi Kurad (Golden Axe), Bhangarachen Chithal (Golden Deer), Bhangarachi Imaz (Golden Image), Bhangarachen Mor (Golden Peacock), Bhangarachen Mazar (Golden Cat), Bhangarachen Sukne (Golden Bird), and Bhangaracho Keer (Golden Parrot).

 

His maiden volume Bhangarachi Masli (Golden Fish) brought him Konkani Sahitya Academy Award in children’s literature category in 2004.

 

J F D’Souza also holds a unique record of writing as many as 5,000 letters under the letter to editor columns of a number of Kannada, English and Konkani dailies and periodicals.