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She wrote stories in [[Hindi language|Hindi]], publishing in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=pyara /> A collection of her stories, ''Alice Ekka Ki Kahaniyan'', edited by Vandna Tete, (Radhakrishna Prakashan, {{ISBN|978-8183617918}}) was published posthumously in 2015.<ref name=pioneer /> | She wrote stories in [[Hindi language|Hindi]], publishing in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=pyara /> A collection of her stories, ''Alice Ekka Ki Kahaniyan'', edited by Vandna Tete, (Radhakrishna Prakashan, {{ISBN|978-8183617918}}) was published posthumously in 2015.<ref name=pioneer /> | ||
Her stories in the 1960s were published in the weekly magazine ''Adivasi Patrika''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Poyam|first=Akash|title=Ten voices from Adivasi literature|url=https://caravanmagazine.in/books/reading-list-ten-voices-adivasi-literature|access-date=2021-09-29|website=The Caravan|language=en}}</ref> | |||
She is described as "India's first female tribal storyteller", and the centenary of her birth was celebrated with a two-day conference, the "All India Tribal Women Writer's Meet", held in her home town of Ranchi.<ref name=Jharkhand /> | She is described as "India's first female tribal storyteller", and the centenary of her birth was celebrated with a two-day conference, the "All India Tribal Women Writer's Meet", held in her home town of Ranchi.<ref name=Jharkhand /> | ||
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Alice Ekka (Hindi: एलिस एक्का) (8 September 1917 – 5 July 1978) was an Indian Adivasi writer known to be the first female storyteller from a tribal background.[1][2][3]
Ekka was born in Ranchi on 8 September 1917, and was from the Munda community.[1] She was the first tribal woman in Jharkhand to graduate in English, in 1938 at the Scottish Church College in Calcutta.[2]
She wrote stories in Hindi, publishing in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.[1] A collection of her stories, Alice Ekka Ki Kahaniyan, edited by Vandna Tete, (Radhakrishna Prakashan, ISBN 978-8183617918) was published posthumously in 2015.[3]
Her stories in the 1960s were published in the weekly magazine Adivasi Patrika.[4]
She is described as "India's first female tribal storyteller", and the centenary of her birth was celebrated with a two-day conference, the "All India Tribal Women Writer's Meet", held in her home town of Ranchi.[2]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Our Pioneers: Alice Ekka". Pyara Kerketta Foundation. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "All India Tribal Women Writer's Meet begins in Ranchi". Jharkhand State News. 7 September 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Alice Ekka story collection unveiled". The Pioneer. 21 November 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ↑ Poyam, Akash. "Ten voices from Adivasi literature". The Caravan. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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