Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar writes in English and translates into English from Santali, Hindi, and Bengali. He is the author of the novels, The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey and My Father’s Garden; the collection of stories, The Adivasi Will Not Dance; and the books for children, Jwala Kumar and the Gift of Fire, Who’s There?, Sumi Budhi and Sugi, The Weavers and the Elephant, and Mother Works on a Hill. He translated Manoj Rupda’s novel, I Named My Sister Silence, from Hindi and Nalini Bera’s novel, Gold Sand, Gold Water, from Bengali.
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