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'''John Baptist Moraes''' (1933 – 30 December 2014) was a Konkani poet and writer.<br />
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Jonh Baptist Moraes was born in 1933 in a village called Kallamundkur (also known as Niddodi) near [[Mangalore]].<ref>[http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=mom&momid=17 Mangalorean.Com- Serving Mangaloreans Around The World!<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011175147/http://www.mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=mom&momid=17 |date=11 October 2012 }}</ref> Mr. Moraes received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his collection of Konkani poems Bhitorlem Tufan in 1985. He was the first Konkani writer from Karnataka to receive this Award. He received Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar in 1990 and Sandesha Prathistan Literary Award in the year 2000. He has written a monograph of the great Konkani poet C.F. DeCosta for the [[Sahitya Akademi]] under the series '[[Makers of Indian Literature]]'. He has also translated History of Kannada Literature for Sahitya Akademi. As a journalist, Mr. Moraes has a long experience of over 45 years in working with the various Konkani periodicals.<br />
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Mr. Moraes was elected President of the 19th Session of the All India Konkani Parishad held in Madgaon in January 1993. Mr. Moraes was an instrumental in reviving the oldest representative body of Konkanis "Konkani Bhasha Mandal, Mumbai’, in 1992. He was its General Secretary since 1992. He was a member of the General Council and Konkani Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi. He was also Convener of the Konkani Advisory Committee of the Bharatiya Jnanpith.<br />
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Moraes died 30 December 2014 aged 81.<ref>[http://www.bellevision.com/belle/index.php?action=topnews&type=11687 Veteran Konkani Litterateur J B Moraes (81) passes away] bellevision.com, 30 December 2014</ref><br />
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==Poetry==<br />
NOVI VHOKAL, 1977<br />
BHITORLEM TUFAN, 1984<br />
EK DHENT, EK PAAN, 2002<br />
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==Short stories==<br />
KOSHEDDAN KELLI<br />
KHUN, 1980<br />
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==Biography==<br />
GEORGE FERNANDES, 1999<br />
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==Plays==<br />
SOPANN-PARKI ZUZE, 2002<br />
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==Verse==<br />
PUTIPHARACHI BAIL, 1990<br />
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==Life sketches==<br />
MONGLLURCHIM UJWAL<br />
RATNA, 1983<br />
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==Monograph==<br />
CH FRA DeCOSTA, 2001<br />
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==Translations into Konkani==<br />
ROMEO-JULIET,1954 (Play)<br />
ONTYA NASHILLEM SOPANN,1975 (Novel)<br />
NOVEM POINN, WOO1<br />
KANNADA SAHITYACHO ITIHAS, 1989 (Literary History)<br />
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==Adaptations==<br />
NISRALLEAK LOTUN GHALO,<br />
1976 (NOVEL)<br />
BOLPYAM MODHLI SHELI,<br />
1977 (Novel)<br />
ZORLO GOMES, 1987<br />
(Sherlock Holmes Stories)<br />
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==Serialized epic poem==<br />
DIVYAMRUT, 1989<br />
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==In English collaboration==<br />
HISTORY OF KONKANI LITERATURE, 2000<br />
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==Contributions of articles==<br />
MASTERPIECES OF INDIAN LITERATURE, 1997<br />
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==References==<br />
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