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Goa India Literature Art Fiction Essays Poetry Memoir Portugese Konkani Marathi

The Brave New World of Goan Writing & Art 2020 is a collection of short fiction, poetry, memoir, travelogue, essay, reviews and interviews by contemporary Goan writers and artists, derived from the João Roque Literary Journal.
Goan writing refers to the diverse body of literature produced by writers from Goa, India, reflecting its unique blend of Portuguese colonial heritage, Konkani and Marathi linguistic traditions, Catholic and Hindu cultural identities, and coastal life.
Writers and authors mentioned in the book include Victor Rangel-Ribeiro, José Lourenço, Steve R. E. Pereira, Rochelle Potkar, Salil Chaturvedi, Mrinalini Harchandrai, Limbicmoshpit, Rachana Patni, Tony de Sa, Gasper D'Souza, R. Benedito Ferrão, Vimala Devi, Malavika Neurekar, Selma Carvalho , João da Costa, Sandra Ataide Lobo, Robert S. Newman, Michelle D'Souza Cahill, Savia Viegas, Suneeta Peres da Costa, Angelo da Fonseca, Savia Viegas, Vasant Viraj Naik, Laxman Pai, Solomon Souza.
Paperback, 220+ pages, 2020. Trade paperback, no dust jacket as issued. Tight and square binding. Clean pages with no readily visible underlining or writing. Mild creasing and wear to covers.
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Goan writing refers to the diverse body of literature produced by writers from Goa, India, reflecting its unique blend of Portuguese colonial heritage, Konkani and Marathi linguistic traditions, Catholic and Hindu cultural identities, and coastal life. Important Goan writers include **Lambert Mascarenhas**, whose novel *Sorrowing Lies My Land* explores Goan identity and resistance to Portuguese rule; **Damodar Mauzo**, a Sahitya Akademi award-winning Konkani author known for short stories like *Teresa’s Man* highlighting social change, caste, and moral dilemmas in village life; and **Nandakumar Kamat**, who writes on Goan environmental, cultural, and political issues. **Manohar Rai Sardesai** is a major Konkani poet whose work affirmed linguistic pride. **Maria Aurora Couto** wrote *Goa: A Daughter’s Story*, blending memoir, history, and cultural analysis to portray Goa’s colonial past and post-1961 integration into India. **Victor Rangel-Ribeiro** authored *Tivolem*, an English novel set in 1930s Goa exploring love, migration, and Catholic village life. Goan writing often addresses themes such as identity crises after decolonization, nostalgia for pre-1961 Portuguese Goa, linguistic politics between Konkani and Marathi, caste structures, land alienation, and emigration to East Africa, the Gulf, or the West. Historically, Goan literature included devotional Marathi poetry, Konkani Christian texts using Roman script, and Indo-Portuguese writing like that of **Eurico Santana da Silva**. Modern Goan English writing examines diaspora life, memory, and heritage, seen in works by writers like **Selma Carvalho** focusing on Goan migration to British East Africa and the UK. Literary events like the Goa Arts and Literature Festival promote contemporary authors writing in English, Konkani, Marathi, and Portuguese. Overall, Goan writing remains a rich multilingual tradition capturing the layered identity, colonial legacies, and cultural transitions of this coastal region in both India’s and the Lusophone world’s literary landscapes.