Prakash Parienkar is an Associate Professor, Discipline of Konkani, at the Shenoi Goembab School of Languages and Literature, Goa University. He has written poetry, short stories, essays, drama and screenplays, and his novel Puran (2022) has received critical acclaim. He received the Sahitya Akademi award in 2023 for Varsal, his collection of Konkani short stories.
