Mogall Miguel bab,
Fr. Antonio Pereira was a prolific writer in Konkani
(both scripts, but much more in Romi) as well as
English. Among his works are two biographies of Msgr
Dalgado in Konkani (Romi) and in English. The English
one was published by the Sahitya Akademi. It is the
same Msgr Dalgado who wrote for Portuguese readership,
at a time when there was no Konkani readership worth
the name (just as you presently write for English
readership, at a time when the readership for Konkani
in Roman script is tremendous). Like the late Fr.
Moreno de Souza, Fr. Pereira was also a staunch votary
of the Devanagari script for Konkani; he was one of
the ten signatories who unanimously recommended the
Devanagari script to the Sahitya Akademi way back in
1982 when he was quite young and not senile. In fact,
he never became senile; his sharp intellect remained
intact till the end, the paralytic stroke
notwithstanding. But he was posthumously branded as
pliable by his own confrere. I am sure Fr. Pereira,
who was forgiveness personified, has forgiven that
confrere.
Mog asum
S. M. Borges
On Fri, 16 Nov 2007 "Miguel Braganza"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mogall Sebastiao-bab,
Dev borem korum. Thank you for bringing to light my
oversight. I am
grateful to you for that. I stand corrected.
Indeed, the Fr. Antonio Pereira sj Award or "Jezvit
Anton Pirer
Puroskar" was instituted while this Sahitya Puroskar
award winner
[1973-74 and 1975-76] was still alive. I have
confirmed this with
Fr.Pratap Naik sj.. In fact, he called me up to tell
me . I am
grateful to both of you.
It is a pleasant surprise to find awards insitituted
when a person is
still alive. I hope more persons will walk in the
footsteps of Fr.
Antonio Pereira sj and honour people who shine in the
same field as
they have chosen for themselves or one of their
choice.
It is a pity that Dr. Jack Sequeira is being honoured
so many years
after his death ...and many others are still to be
recognised for
their contribution to Goa as we know it today.
Mog asundi.
Miguel
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