# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/damayanti-besra
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:55:36.209Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/damayanti-besra"
name: "Damayanti Besra"
slug: "damayanti-besra"
description: "Damayanti Beshra is a Santali author and Adivasi researcher. She is known for literature of Santali language. In 2020, she was honoured by Padma Shri for her remarkable contribution to Santhali literature."
tagline: "Santali language writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Damayanti_Beshra.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1962-02-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump