*Press Note* *For favour of publication*
* * *Fr. Planton Faria No More – TAG Condoles Death.* Born on 20th October 1940 and hailing from Cuncolim Fr. Planton Faria has left his imprints on the tiatr stage by contributing immensely towards this great art form. During his life time he has written, directed and produced many tiatrs. He has written and directed 18 tiatrs besides 10 of his tiatrs were aired on the All india radio. Some of the well known tiatrs written and directed by Fr. Faria are ‘Monxakullacho Soddvondar’,’Tukach Lagon’,’Kallokantlo Suria’,’Somazacho Dusman’, ‘Kalljivont Jeena’,’bhagivont Paul’, ‘Jezu Krist’, ‘Suttka’, ‘Jivitachi Zor’,etc. Besides contributing towards the tiatr stage, his contribution to the Goan Literature is also commendable. His tiatr ‘Xanticho Dutt’ has been published in book form.Fr Planton Faria has received several awards for his works on the tiatr stage as well as the literary field. Recipient of Konkani Bhaxa Mandal’s award for his book Tujea Moga Khatir, Fr Faria has also won awards for his tiatr books ‘Tukach lagon’, ‘Kalljivont Jeena’ besides ‘Kunkolle Mahan Ganv’ presented by kala Academy Goa. Besides this the Government of Goa has also conferred on him the prestigious Goa State Cultural Award for literature and the Tiatr Academy of Goa has awarded him with the Lifetime Contribution to tiatr Stage Award 2010. In his death the tiatr stage has suffered a big loss and on behalf of the whole tiatr fraternity Tiatr Academy of Goa condoles the death of this great personality. *Victor de Sa* *Member Secretary * * *
