Acclaimed Writer - Edwin JF D’Souza

Acclaimed Writer - Edwin JF D’Souza

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Mangaluru, Nov 3, 2015: He has penned 33 Konkani novels and  over 100 short stories; he has won over 12  awards, one of his stories ’Chocolates’ has been published twice by Reader’s Digest and several of his works have been translated into six different languages including Kannada and English.

The above credentials seem to be suffice to describe the  acclaimed Konkani writer Edwin JF D’Souza. A Mangalurean, Edwin who did his B.Com from St Aloysius College,  is also a post graduate diploma holder in Konkani.

Edwin’s first short story was published in 1964 and since then there has been no looking back. One of his popular stories ’A  Cup of Hot Coffee’ was published by Khushwanth Singh in his anthology ’Our Favourite Indian Short Stories." Many of his stories  have been published by Kendra Sahitya Academy in  their publications Prateechi and Indian Literature. ’Poinn’ (The Journey), the first anthology of 22 short stories in Konkani authored by Edwin has been immensely popular, while a trilogy ’Unna Bhavaadthase’ is being published by Karnataka Sahitya Academy  this year in a single volume.

Edwin’s writing skills has earned him several awards including the Book Sellers and Publishers’ Award, Chennai  Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy Award for his novel ’Kallem Bhangaar’  and Best Book of the Year 2014 Vimala V Pai Vishwa Konkani Award. Recently, he even won the  14th Konkani Kutam Award 2015.

Edwin presently serves his alma mater Aloysius College as the Executive Director of its Institute of Konkani. He has even served the General Council of Sahitya Academy, New Delhi, Member of Expert Committee of Union Ministry of Culture and  was also on the Board of Studies (Konkani) of Goa University.