Shyam Sundar Besra

Shyam Sundar Besra is an Indian writer of Santali and Hindi. He is also a civil servant from West Bengal. He won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award in 2018. His pen name is Jiwirarec.

Shyam Sundar Besra
Born (1961-02-12) 12 February 1961
Purulia, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Other namesJiwirarec
EducationMA in Hindi Literature
Alma materBurdwan University
OccupationWriter, Civil Servant
AwardsSahitya Akademi Award for Santali (2018)

Personal life

Besra was born on 12 February 1961 in Ramkanali, Purulia, West Bengal, but his native was in Godda.[1] He completed his M.A. in Hindi literature and M.A. in Santhali in 1987.[2] He is the chief inspector of ticket of Eastern Railway Zone's Asansol Division.

Literary work

Besra was awarded Sahitya Akademi Award in 2018 for his novel Marom.[3] Three of his major works are Dullar Khatir, Damin Reyak Judasi Kahani Ko and Damin Kulhi, out of which two are part of syllabus for postgraduate courses in Sido Kanhu Murmu University.[2]

Besra has been associated with All India Radio Bhagalpur, Ranchi and Kolkata. He has also served as the advisory board member for five years in Santali Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

Awards
  • Dr. Ambedkar Fellowshp Award – 1992
  • Sammanvaye Shree – 2004
  • Rashtriya Sikhar Samman – 2014
  • Sahitya Akademi – 2018

References
  1. "সাঁওতালিতে সাহিত্য অ্যাকাডেমি রেলকর্মী শ্যামকে". Ei Samay (in Bengali). 8 December 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. "Railways Ticket Inspector Conferred Sahitya Akademi Award". NDTV. 10 December 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. "AKADEMI AWARDS (1955-2018)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
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