Turia Chand Baskey

Turia Chand Baskey is a Santhali writer and editor. He received Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali literature in 2023.

Career

Baskey hails from Papuria village, Lalgarh, Jhargram. His real name is Taraceen Baskey. He passed from Silda Chandra Sekhar College and joined in a service under Indian Railway in 1990. Later he works as a teacher at Babupur Agricultural High School at Sutahata near Haldia. His first poetry book Jala was published in 1993. Baskey edited Tirandaj literary magazine and wrote 31 books in Ol Chiki. In 2015 he received Sarada Prasad Kisku memorial Award conferred by the Santhali Academy of West Bengal. West Bengal Government awarded him Shikhsaratna in 2023. In 2023, Baskey was awarded Sahitya Akademy for his short story collection Jaba Baha.

Awards

• Saradaprasad Kisku Smriti Puraskar (2015)
• Sadhu Ramchand Murmu Smriti Puraskar (2019)
• Shiksha Ratna (2023)
• Sahitya Akademy (2023)