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'''Cha. Fra. D'Costa''' was a Konkani poet, dramatist and journalist.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Cha. Fra. was born in Mangalore on 10 October 1931 near Marnamikatta as the eldest of four children of Madthabai and Marcel D’Costa. He did his primary education in Cascia School and High School in Milagres School where the medium of instruction was English.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/40745036/Works-of-Cha-Fra-a-Study-UGC-Project-Report-by-Anil-Pinto-2008 Pinto, Anil. Works of Cha. Fra.: A Study]</ref><br />
He moved to Bombay in 1948 and worked in the Election Commission for the first general election of independent India. Later he became an employee of B.E.S.T.<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/40745036/Works-of-Cha-Fra-a-Study-UGC-Project-Report-by-Anil-Pinto-2008 Pinto, Anil. Works of Cha. Fra.: A Study]</ref><br />
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==Konkani journalism==<br />
He was also editor of ''Poinnari'' and later, after leaving ''Poinnari'' in 1959, Cha. Fra. D'Costa started Konkani periodicals such as ''Zag-mag'', ''Vixal Konkonn'' (1961), ''Jivit'' (1983), and ''Udev'' (1976).<ref>http://tskk.org/content_disp.php?id=93</ref><br />
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== Plays ==<br />
# Sobit Sounsar<br />
# Sunnem Mazor Hansta (One-Act)<br />
# Tomato (One-Act)<br />
# Vishenticho Bhav (One-Act)<br />
# Tornem Tornem Mornem (One-Act)<br />
# Poinnaryancho Mitr<br />
# Bhangar Monis<br />
# Jorji Buthel<br />
# Mankddacho Pai<br />
# Magirchem Magir<br />
# Boklaak Sat Ji:v<br />
# Kuvalyachi Val<br />
# Handdo uttla<br />
# Boncho Bandh<br />
# Dev Polleit Asa<br />
# Doro<br />
# Them Tho ani Hanv<br />
# Shirigundi Shimaon<br />
# Dakther Dusman<br />
# Jillacho Novro<br />
# Moja Puthacho Kinkulo<br />
# Rojik Kazar<br />
# Avnkwar Mesthri<br />
# Zuze Dayal<br />
# Macho<br />
<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1YILeUD_oZUC&q=History+of+Konkani+Literature |title = A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992|isbn = 9788172016647|last1 = Saradesāya|first1 = Manohararāya|year = 2000}}</ref><ref>Stella’ D’Costa, Edited works of Cha. Fra</ref><ref>D’Sliva, Victor. Cha Fra D’Costa. Mangalore: Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy, 2000</ref><br />
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== Poetry ==<br />
# Sonshayche Kan<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
He won the Central [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 1989.<ref>https://wikien4.appspot.com/wiki/Sahitya_Akademi_Award_to_Konkani_Writers</ref><br />
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==Citations==<br />
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==References==<br />
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|last=Sardesai<br />
|first=Manohar Rai<br />
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|title=A History of Konkani Literature: From 1500 to 1992<br />
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1YILeUD_oZUC<br />
|isbn=81-7201-664-6<br />
|publisher=Sahitya Akademi<br />
|location=New Delhi<br />
|pages=336<br />
|date=1 January 2000<br />
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|access-date=2011-11-20}}<br />
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[[Category:1931 births]]<br />
[[Category:1992 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Konkani people]]<br />
[[Category:Writers from Mangalore]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Konkani]]<br />
[[Category:Konkani-language poets]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male poets]]<br />
[[Category:Poets from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]</div>>RJFJR