Bio
Edwin Joseph Francis D’souza is a noted Konkani author, he has 33 published novels, over 100 short-stories, columns, satires etc. Many of his short stories are translated into English, Kannada, Hindi, Kashmiri, Malayalam and Tamil. He has won ten State, inter-state and international (from Dubai) Awards for literature.
Goa Konkani Akademi published his novel Kallem Bhangaar (Black Gold) using Nagari script. In the month of March 2012 he was awarded the The Book Sellers’ & Publishers’ Award (BAPASI) from Chennai for his life-time contribution to a minority language. He is also on the Board of Konkani Studies, Goa University.
He has written the dialogue for the Konkani movie Boxsane in 1995. He was also a Member of the General Council of the Sahitya Akademi (2008-2012) New Delhi and is presently the Executive Director of Konkani Institute, St.Aloysius College, Mangalore. Recently, he has been appointed a Member to the Expert Committee, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, which decides on the Fellowship Awards.