Stan Ageira

Who is Stan Ageira?

Stan Ageira is a writer from Mulki, a town near Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

Ageira is well known in the field of Konkani literature. His first short story was published in 1975 when he was barely 14 and as on date he has written over 250 short stories and 18 novels in Konkani. His father late Sgt. Ligoury Ageira had served the Indian Airforce for 35 years. Stan was born and brought up in Mulki with primary education was completed in Bethany convent, high school from Government Junior College, B.Com from Mysore University and MBA from IBAM New Delhi. He began his professional career in sales with Godrej Soaps Mumbai Branch in the early eighties before moving to Dubai in Nineties. Presently he is working and living in Dubai with his wife Yvonne and kids Sean & Elton.

He has been recognized and presented awards from GoaKonkani Bhasha Mandal, Konkani Kutaam Bahrain-2011, Daiji-Dubai 2014 Literary Award and Konkani Sahitya Academy, Karnataka for his novels. He has published work to his credit in Konkani, Kannada and English. His Konkani column 'Bindaas' in daijiworld.com is popular with Konkani readers. His collection of short stories in Konkani 'TAMBDI MIRSAANG' published in 2006 was selected recently for the Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy Award. His short stories have been published in magazines like 'Womans Era' and 'Alive' which are being published from New Delhi. He has been awarded as the Konkani Story writer of 2008 by daaiz.com, web portal which promotes konkani literature. His short stories in English are also available in www.daijiworld.com's specially dedicated column under Red Chillis: http://www.daijiworld.com/chan/redchillies.asp