Jamadar Kisku is an Indian, Santali writer from West Bengal. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014.
Biography
Kisku was born in 1949.[1] He writes, acts and directs plays in Santali at Kherwal Opera, Kolkata. He is also the editor of Tapal, a Santali literary magazine. He lives in Hooghly, West Bengal.
Kisku was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his play Mala Mudam.[2]
References
- ↑ Twenty-four Indian languages, 24 literary prizes that more people should know about. Scroll.in(15 March 2015).
- ↑ AKADEMI AWARDS (1955-2018). Sahitya Akademi.