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Veteran Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo, who was awarded the 56th Jnanpith, on Wednesday said it was a proud moment for the Konkani community. Mauzo became the second Konkani writer after late Ravindra Kelekar to win this top literary award. The eminent litterateur had handled various genres of writing including short fiction, novels, children's books. Talking to PTI, Mauzo said the Jnanpith award will motivate the Konkani writing movement. “This is a proud moment for the Konkani community,” the 77-year-old writer said. Mauzo shares the Jnanpith Award with eminent Assamese poet Nilmoni Phukan. “I never thought that I would receive the Jnanpith. I had no such expectations on getting this award," he said. Mauzo said Konkani, which struggled to be recognised as a language, underwent major developments in the post-liberation era. “It is a proud moment for the Konkani community that the language has won two Jnanpith awards in a short span of time,” Mauzo said. Late Kelekar had won the Jnanpith in the year 2006. Mauzo said the new entrants to the Konkani writing should understand that “literature never goes waste.” He felt that Konkani writers should focus on learning other languages too so that they can translate their own works. Mauzo had won the Sahitya Akademi award for his novel 'Karmelin' in the year 1983. The novel has been translated into more than a dozen languages. On Tuesday, Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant tweeted “Congratulations to Goa's son, writer par excellence wh...

Do you remember when you decided to be a writer? It began when I came back from Bombay for the vacations after the first year of college. By that time, one or two magazines had started. I sent in a story and it got published. That was “Tu vochu naka” (“Don’t go away”). It is about a young man who gets caught in the freedom struggle, goes to Mumbai and returns after Goa is liberated. By the time he gets off the train in Margao and takes the last bus and reaches his village near Cortalim, it is night. On the way, in the dark, he hears someone calling out to him: “Tomas”. Even at that time the characters came into my mind as Catholics. That’s because, I think, I lived in this ambiance. They were my people. Anyway, to get back to the story. Tomas turns to see who it is and discovers it is his lady love who has been waiting for him. She walks with him to her home. He knocks on the door. Her mother opens the door and says, “Is it you? She was waiting for you for so long.” He says: “What do you mean? She’s here.” He turns to find her gone. The mother says sadly, “How can that be? She died two years ago.” He’s scared and runs back to his own home where the caretaker asks why he is so scared. He says that he saw the mother and the caretaker pales. “But the girl’s mother died last year!” The story was well liked and translated into English. It was published in Eve’s Weekly and someone who worked in Vasco said to me, “Bhai, I liked your ghost story.” And that hit me. I decided right ...

A cab driver, who assumes the identity of whoever his clients want him to be, finds himself in a tricky situation with a passenger. A late-night call leads a doctor down a path of lust and desire, but with unexpected results. A writer acquaints himself with a thief who had broken into his house. A migrant worker falls in love but wonders how he can present himself as a suitor. A young man, having lost the love of his life, takes it upon himself to resolve another couple’s dilemmas. 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. Here you find villagers facing moral choices, children waking up to the realities of adult lives, men who dwell on remorse, women who live a life of regret and communities whose bonds are growing tenuous in an age of religious polarization. Probing the deepest corners of the human psyche with tongue-in-cheek humour, Mauzo’s stories reveal the many threads that connect us to others and the ease with which they can be broken. Written in simple prose and yet layered in nuances, The Wait is a collection that brings to the anglophone world one of the doyens of Konkani literature. Damodar Mauzo (born 1 August 1944) is a Goan short story writer, novelist, critic and script writer in Konkani. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for the novel Karmelin and the Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar award for his novel ...

PTI Panaji, May 28 Goan writer Damodar Mauzo Goa has received the prestigious Jnanpith Award, the country's highest literary honour, from state Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai. Addressing a gathering after presenting the award on Saturday, the governor said Mauzo is the “epitome of the Konkani literary culture.” Renowned poet Gulzar was present during the function held at the Raj Bhavan near Goa capital Panaji. Presented 57th Jnanpith Award to eminent Konkani litterateur Shri Damodar Mauzo at Raj Bhavan, Goa. President of Jnanpith Trustee Justice Vijender Jain, Chairperson Section Board Pratibha Ray, Goa Cultural Minister Govind Gaude were present. Mauzo's 25 books have been published in Konkani and one in English. Many of his books have also been translated in different languages. Pillai said Konkani is qualitatively rich in its literature though it is spoken by a few lakh people. The governor drew parallels between Charles Dickens and Damodar Mauzo who, he said, chose to portray orphaned children as main characters in their writings. Both these great writers have bravely "shown the mirror to the society", he said. "I feel proud and happy to bestow this great award on the great Goan writer Damodarji,” the governor said. Mauzo's famous novel 'Karmelin' received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983. The novel, published in 1981, has been translated in Hindi, Marathi, English, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Odia and Maithili languages. Mauzo is the second Goan to receive the Jnanpith Aw...

This needs additional Please help by adding must be removed immediately, especially if potentially Find sources: · · · · ( January 2020) ( Damodar Mauzo (born 1 August 1944) is a Karmelin and the Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar award for his novel Tsunami Simon in 2011. Teresa's Man and Other Stories from Goa was nominated for the Frank O'Connor International award in 2015. Early life [ ] Mauzo was born on 1 August 1944 to a Gaud Saraswat Brahmin family, in South Goa in the coastal village of The writer lost his father at the age of 12. After this, he helped his uncle at the family shop alongside studying, until he passed the Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in 1961. After this, he moved to Mumbai to continue his studies. He graduated from R.A. Podar College of Commerce and Economics in Matunga Mumbai where he got his B.Com degree from Bombay University. (Now Mumbai University.) During his four years in Mumbai, he began writing short stories in Konkani which were well received by the readers. Some of these were translated and published into English. Career [ ] Damodar Mauzo after his graduation returned to Goa to run his family shop, this kept him close to the people of his village which is predominantly Catholic. This influence is obvious in his writing which is an authentic depiction of the life of Catholic people in Goa. He began his writing career with short stories with the first collection Ganthon published in the year 1971.So far he has ...

Karmelin By Damodar Mauzo Translated by Vidya Pai Damodar Mauzo presents a sensitive character study in his much acclaimed Konkani novel Karmelin (1981), aptly named after its protagonist. The novel chronicles the life the protagonist, a lower middle class Goan from childhood to womanhood, tracing her relationships with the various men in her life –Joao Philip, the loving uncle who brings her up after the death of her family; Agnel, the cousin she loves who leaves her to marry the rich girl of his mother’s liking; Jose, her drunkard abusive husband; and Nissar, her Arab boss who sexually exploits her when she is forced to work as an aayah in Kuwait to support her family. Mauzo subtly interweaves explorations of the grey areas of sexuality, femininity, and patriarchy in the narrative. Karmelin rises from the ashes time and again in the hopes to provide her daughter with a secure future and higher education. Her struggles can probably be best described by this line from the book – “Whoever bears sorrow with fortitude manages to survive in the world…” When published, Mauzo’s novel was a breath of fresh air in a culture that suppressed liberating discourse and treated sex as taboo. While society has progressed, patriarchy has remained constant to a certain degree. Thus, in the character of Karmelin, we find a microcosm of the experiences of women across the country. Karmelin won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for Konkani literature in 1983. Since then, it has been trans...

Panaji, May 27 (IANS) Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai on Saturday bestowed the Jnanpith Award to noted writer from the coastal state, Damodar Mauzo, at a function in the Raj Bhavan here. The 57th Jnanpith Award ceremony was graced by legendary poet, lyricist and filmmaker Gulzar. Damodar Mauzo is a novelist, short story writer, critic, and scriptwriter from Goa. He has several published works to his credit in Konkani and English. 'Karmelin', his Konkani novel that bagged the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in 1983. "This unique award appreciates and recognizes all the different strands and hues of our composite cultural fabric. Over the last six decades, the award has established itself as a very prestigious honour recognising the best of literary talent in the different languages of India," Pillai said while speaking on the occasion. "I would like to urge the younger generation particularly to deeply delve into our Indian classical literature which will go a long way in our efforts at nation building," he said. Disclaimer: This story has not been edited by the Sakshi Post team and is auto-generated from syndicated feed.

Goan writer Damodar Mauzo has received the prestigious Jnanpith Award, the country's highest literary honour, from state Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai. Addressing a gathering after presenting the award on May 27, 2023, the governor said Mauzo is the "epitome of the Konkani literary culture." Renowned poet Gulzar was present during the function held at the Raj Bhavan near Goa capital Panaji. Mauzo's 25 books have been published in Konkani and one in English. Many of his books have also been translated in different languages. Pillai said Konkani is qualitatively rich in its literature though it is spoken by a few lakh people. The governor drew parallels between Charles Dickens and Damodar Mauzo who, he said, chose to portray orphaned children as main characters in their writings. Both these great writers have bravely "shown the mirror to the society", he said. "I feel proud and happy to bestow this great award on the great Goan writer Damodarji," the governor said. Mauzo's famous novel 'Karmelin' received the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983. The novel, published in 1981, has been translated in Hindi, Marathi, English, Punjabi, Sindhi, Tamil, Odia and Maithili languages. Mauzo is the second Goan to receive the Jnanpith Award. Earlier, Ravindra Kelekar from the coastal state got the award in 2008. While Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who was in Delhi, joined the function online, state Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude and Bharatiya Jnanpith president Justice Virendra Jai...