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| name = Rupchand Hansda<br />
| image = File:Rupchand Hansdah receiving Translation Award 2018.jpg<br />
| caption = Hansda in 2018<br />
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| occupation = Writer, Civil Servant <br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| alma_mater = [[Kapgari College]]<br />
| awards = [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] (2020)<br />
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'''Rupchand Hansda''' is an Indian writer of [[Santali language]] and civil servant from [[West Bengal]]. He won [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Akademi Award for Santali Translation]] in 2018. In 2020, he received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his collection of poems ''Gur Dak Kasa Dak''.<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Hansda was a student of [[Kapgari College]].<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/district/purulia-birbhum-bankura/santali-poet-rupchand-hansda-selected-for-sahitya-akademi-award-1.1004987<br />
|title=অকাদেমি পুরস্কার পাচ্ছেন রূপচাঁদ<br />
|date=14 June 2019|accessdate=27 November 2019|website=Anandabazar Patrika|language=bn}}</ref> He works in [[Indian Railways]].<ref name=a/> He was the founding president of All India Santali Writers Association and served this post for 27 years.<ref name=a/><br />
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Hansda translated [[Shakti Chattopadhyay]]'s poetry ''Jete Pari Kintu Keno Jabo'' into [[Santali language|Santali]] titled ''Sen Dareyak'an Menkhan Chedak''. The book was published in 2016.<ref name=a/> For this work he was awarded [[Sahitya Akademi Award|Sahitya Akademi Award for Santhali Translation]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/anuvad_samman_suchi.jsp<br />
|title=AKADEMI TRANSLATION PRIZES (1989-2018)<br />
|website=Sahitya Akademi|accessdate=20 November 2019<br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=dec0716/state051<br />
|title=Majuli always part of world heritage: Nemade<br />
|website=The Assam Tribune|accessdate=28 November 2019|date=7 December 2018<br />
}}</ref> In 2020, he received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for his collection of poems ''Gur Dak Kasa Dak''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sahitya Akademi Award 2020 |date=12 March 2021 |website=Sahitya Akademi |url=http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/sahityaakademiawards2020.pdf|access-date=13 March 2021|archive-date=13 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313015040/http://www.sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/sahityaakademiawards2020.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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