Vincent John Peter Saldanha | |
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| Born | 9 June 1925 Mangalore, South Canara, British India |
| Died | 22 February 2000 (aged 74) Mangalore, Dakshina Kannada, India |
| Occupation | littérateur, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer, and poet |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Genre | Historical fiction, detective fiction |
| Spouse | Lilly Saldanha (1979–2000) |
Vincent John Peter Saldanha (Konkani: विन्सॆंट जॊन पीटर सल्दान्हा (Devanagari), ವಿನ್ಸೆಂಟ್ ಜಾನ್ ಪೀಟರ್ ಸಾಲ್ಡಾನಾ (Kannada); 9 June 1925 – 22 February 2000) was an Indian Konkani language littérateur, dramatist, novelist, short-story writer and poet. He made significant contributions to Konkani literature as a poet, dramatist, novelist, and a litterateur.[1]
Saldanha maintained a strong Catholic identity in his writings, and his main themes were the sufferings of 60,000 Mangalorean Catholics during their 15-year captivity at Seringapatam imposed by the Muslim ruler Tipu Sultan from 1784 to 1799, and the oppression of Goan Catholics during the Goa Inquisition.[2][3] He was popularly referred to by his pen-name Khadap (The Rock).[1]
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