Aditya Kumar Mandi

Aditya Kumar Mandi is an Indian writer of Santali language. He won Sahitya Akademi Award in 2011. He works in Central Industrial Security Force.[1]

Aditya Kumar Mandi
Born19 th january 1974
vill-Barughutu p.o-chouter ps-sarenga dist-bankuar west bengal pin-722150
NationalityIndian
Other namesmandi kishar
Occupationservice in cisf

Biography

When Mandi was twelve years old, his parents were excommunicated from their village Burughutu, Bankura because they bought two bighas of land from another farmer.[2] It was happened because, according to their tradition they could only own ancestral land. After this incident they could not talk to anybody, they could not use village well and their land was taken away. One day his father left home and never returned. According to himself this incident inspired him to start writing.[2]

Mandi's first poem was Aam Do Okhal Ka.[2] For his poetry Banchao Larhai he was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 2011.[3] As of 2012 he published 14 books in Santhali including an autobiography.[2]

References
  1. "CISF observes 43rd Raising Day". The Times of India. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. "Sahitya Akademi awardee is a CISF constable". The Indian Express. 24 February 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. "AKADEMI AWARDS (1955-2018)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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