Laxmanrao Sardessai

Laxmanrao Sardessai (1904 – 1986) was an Indian poet and short-story writer. Considered one of Goa's finest writers in the Marathi language, he also wrote prose and verse in Konkani and Portuguese.

Sardessai was born in 1904, in Savoi Verem, and died in 1986. He lived, therefore, through the times of the Portuguese monarchy, the Portuguese First Republic, the Estado Novo dictatorship and the post-Liberation Indian government. His writings, which include over 700 stories in Marathi, provide a spectrum of Goa over the twentieth century.

• Thali, Prakash. Laxmanrao Sardessai. New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, 2008.

Examples of his poetry in Portuguese may be found here:

• Sou Querido de Todos (1966)
• Ouço os Teus Passos, Senhor (1966)
• O Poeta (1966)
• Não Estou Só, Não! (1966)
• A Causa que Eu Professo (1966)
• Paredes (1966)
• Eu Canto a Sua Glória (1966)
• A Ave de Rapina (1966)
• O Inferno (1966)
• Delhi (1966)
• Nas Mãos de Deus (1966)
• Conflagração (1966)
• Sou Quem Sou (1966)
• Estou em Tudo (1966)
• Delícias do Paraíso (1965)
• Sempre Alegres (1965)
• Momentos (1965)
• A Vida (1965)
• Ideias e Rupias (1965)
• Dia de Independência
• Bonança (1965)
• Um conflito (1965)
• Alforreca (1965)
• O Teu Maior Inimigo (1965)
• O Nosso Crime (1965)
• Eu Quero (1965)
• Eu Idealizo (1965)
• Os Meus Sonhos (1965)
• Esperança (1965)
• Nossos Heróis (1964)