Manohar Rai Sardesai

Who is Manohar Rai Sardesai?

Dr. Manoharrai Sardesai is a Konkani and French poet/writer from Goa, India. He earned his Docteur des Lettres Françaises for his thesis "L'image de l'Inde en France". He has been credited for an upsurge of modern Konkani poetry.

Dr. Manoharrai Sardesai was born on 18 January 1925. He obtained a First Class First in Bachelor of Arts from the Bombay University in 1947. He successfully completed his Master of Arts, also with the First Class First in French and in Marathi from the same University in 1949. He obtained his Doctorate in French Literature in 1958 from the Sorbonne University, Paris and taught French in several colleges in Bombay at the Bambay University and at the Goa University.

He was son of the eminent short story writer Lakshanrao Sardesai. Being Surrounded by books it is no wonder that he started wielding the pen at an early age and was known for his poems in Konkani, which go straight to the heart of the reader.

Dr. Sardesai has broadcast songs, poems, talks, plays and features for All India Radio - Panaji, Goa, Bombay, Pune for Doordarshan - Bambay; and for TV - Paris.