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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Damayanti Beshra<br />
| image = Damayanti Beshra receiving Padmashree from President Kovind.jpg<br />
| caption = Damayanti Beshra receiving [[Padma Shri]] award from President [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br />
| birth_name = Dhigij<br />
| birth_date = 18 February 1962<br />
| birth_place = Bobeijoda, [[Mayurbhanj district|Mayurbhanj]], [[Odisha]]<br />
| education = [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]], [[Master of Arts|M.A]], PhD in [[Odia language|Odia]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Rama Devi Women's College]], Bhubaneswar<br/> [[Utkal University]]<br />
| occupation = Lecturer, Politician<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], (2024 - Present)<br />
| known_for = Poet and writer in [[Santali language|Santali]]<br />
| spouse = {{Marriage|[[Gangadhar Hansda]]|1988}}<br />
| parents = Rajmal Majhi (Father) <br/> Pungi Majhi (Mother)<br />
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]<br/>Literature Award<br />
| honours = [[Padma Shri]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Damayanti Beshra''' (b. 18 February 1962) is a [[Santali language|Santali]] author and [[Adivasi]] researcher. She is known for literature of Santali language.<ref name="meet the author Damayanti">{{cite web | url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/library/meettheauthor/damayanti_beshra.pdf | title=Sahitya Akademi Meet The Author Damayanti Beshra | publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] | date=1 September 2013 | access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref> In 2020, she was honoured by [[Padma Shri]] for her remarkable contribution to Santhali literature.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Manoj Das, Prashant Patnaik Among 11 From Odisha Receive Padma Awards From President|url=https://odishatv.in/news/miscellaneous/manoj-das-prashant-patnaik-among-11-from-odisha-receive-padma-awards-from-president-163445/amp|access-date=2021-11-14|website=odishatv.in}}</ref><br />
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She was awarded the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Santali|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2009. She also published the first women's magazine in Santali language called ''Karam Dar''.<br />
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She is the first female writer in the language to author and publish an anthology of poems ''Jiwi Jharna'' in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Odisha's padma prides|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2020/jan/26/odishas-padma-prides-2094679.html|access-date=2021-10-02|website=The New Indian Express|date=26 January 2020 }}</ref> She was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2020/jan/26/odishas-padma-prides-2094679.html | title=Odisha's padma prides | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=26 January 2020 | access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/former-ministers-arun-jaitley-sushma-swaraj-and-george-fernandes-given-padma-vibhushan/articleshow/73617205.cms | title=Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, George Fernandes given Padma Vibhushan posthumously. Here's full list of Padma award recipients | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=26 January 2020 | access-date=26 January 2020}}</ref><br />
==Early life==<br />
Damyanti Beshra was born on 19 February 1962 in Bobeijoda village in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha as the eldest daughter of mother Pungi Majhi and father Rajmal Majhi. His nickname was Dhigij. According to Santhali tradition, the name was given after her grandmother. Even though there was no school in his village Babeijoda, a local resident used to teach the children in a small shade where she got his primary education. Along with other students, she also learned to write letters on the ground with Chalk. Her paternal uncle was very when he came to know that she was interested in studies and took her and got her admitted in a government school of Deuli village. There she studied till third class. After that, she studied till class 4 and 5 in the school of Chandida, 2 km away from their village. From class 6 to class 11, he studied at T.&R.W. Girls High School, Rairangpur. She passed matriculation there in 1977. As there were no colleges near Rairangpur, she enrolled at [[Rama Devi Women's University]], Bhubaneswar, as an undergraduate. She passed I.A. in 1979 and then graduated in 1981 with honors in Odia. In 1983, she passed M.A.from [[Utkal University]] with a special paper in Linguistics.<ref name="meet the author Damayanti"/><br />
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==Awards and recognition==<br />
* 2009: Awarded the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Poets dominate this year's Sahitya Akademi Awards |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Poets-dominate-this-yearrsquos-Sahitya-Akademi-Awards/article16854946.ece |work=The Hindu |date=23 December 2009 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
* 2020: Received [[Padma Shri]] for her remarkable contribution to Santhali literature.<ref>{{cite news |title=12 Odias honoured with Padma awards |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2021/nov/09/12-odias-honoured-with-padma-awards-2381303.html |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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