Tomazinho Cardozo

Tomazinho Cardozo, Konkani (tiatr) playwright, educationist, writer, politician. Goa. Photo by FN at the Kala Academy.

Tomazinho Cardozo is a dramatist, playwright, writer (in Konkani and English), educationist and politician from Goa. He has been a Speaker[1] of the Goa Assembly, but is known more for his achievements on the literary front and the popular tiatr stage in Goa.

Teaching, politics

Cardozo was in teaching[2] for much of his life, having taught maths and science[2] at the school level. He was the sarpanch[2] (head of the village council) of Candolim village for 22 years from 1977.[2] In 1995 he was elected[2] to the Goa State Assembly from the Calangute constituency, which he was part of for five years. He entered the popular Konkani tiatr stage in 1957,[2] and he "wrote a play practically every year for the tiatr performance of the church feast".[2]

Plays

Among his popular Konkani plays are Kanttech Kantte[2] (1980, whose title could be translated to Thorns, And Yet More Thorns). He founded the tiatr group Tiatr Mogi (Lovers of Tiatr), has been part of the formation of Kala Mogi (Lovers of Art) is also one of the founders of Kandolechim Kirnam, a prominent folk troupe which participated and won numerous awards including the prestigious mando festival award 11 times in the All Goa Mando festivals organized by Goa Cultural and Social Centre from 1974.[2]

Mentor, TAG

He is considered to be a mentor of writers in Roman-script Konkani and has been active in groups like the Dalgado Konknni Akademi and the Tiatr Academy of Goa. Cardozo was appointed president of the Tiatr Academy of Goa in February 2011.[3] He has won awards as the best sarpanch (1983), for teaching (2003), and literature (2009).[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Goa Legislative Assembly#List of Speakers of Goa Legislative Assembly
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Face of Goa: Tomazinho Cardozo: Torchbearer of Tiatr". FindAll Goa. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tomazinho Cardozo is appointed Tiatr Academy president". http://tiatracademy.blogspot.in/. Retrieved 29 October 2015. External link in |website= (help)

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