title: Jamadar Kisku
text: # Jamadar Kisku
  
  Jamadar Kisku is an Indian, Santali writer from West Bengal. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Kisku was born in 1949. He writes, acts and directs plays in Santali at Kherwal Opera, Kolkata. He is also the editor of Tapal, a Santali literary magazine. He lives in Hooghly, West Bengal.
  
  Kisku was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2014 for his play Mala Mudam.
  
  