Tala Tudu is an Indian writer of Santali language and nurse from Jharkhand. She won Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation in 2015. She was born in 1972.

Tala Tudu
Born1972
NationalityIndian
Alma materLal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College
Occupation(s)Writer, Nurse
RelativesRabindranath Murmu (brother)

Biography

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Tudu is Rabindranath Murmu's sister. She was a student of Lal Bahadur Shastri Memorial College.[1]

Tudu translated Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Parineeta into Santali titled Baplanij. It was her first translation.[2] For this work she was awarded Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize in 2015.[3]

Tudu is married to Ganesh Tudu, an advocate by profession.[1] They have a daughter and a son. Their names are Anisha and Ashish.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Found in translation, a debut feat". The Telegraph. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. ^ "সাঁওতালি অনুবাদে শরৎচন্দ্র, পুরস্কার তালা টুডুর". Anandabazar Patrika (in Bengali). 19 February 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  3. ^ "AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018)". Sahitya Akademi. Retrieved 20 November 2019.