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 Late
Michael
Maxim D’Souza,
well known among Konkani music lovers as Mick Max was born on April 13, 1950 in Bejai and
his parents were Paul and Florine D'Souza. He was the eldest among his three
sisters and five brothers.
He is a well known name in
the field of Konkani literature, drama and music. He started his career as a sub
editor of the then popular Kannada daily Navabharath. Having worked in Muscat for 22 years, he
continued his service of building up the Konkani community after his return.
He was a good
musician and his songs have been compiled in 3 volumes, popularly known as
Mick Max Golden Hits. Apart from being a good
musician, he was also a prolific writer. He has to his credit 3 Novels, 2 Short
Story Books, 1 Drama Book, 6 Stage Plays, Poetry and hundreds of articles in
leading Konkani Periodicals.
His two novels won the "The
Best Novel of the Year Awards" in 1984 and 1986 from the Goa Konkani Saahithya
Parishad.
He was the recipient of
year 2002 Karnataka Sahitya Academy Drama Book Award.
His stage play "Patim
Polloinaka" won the best second play award in the year 2002 during the All India
Drama Competition held in Bangalore.
He has been honoured by
Sandesha last year for his contribution to Konkani literature and by the Konkani
Kutam Bahrain in
2003.
He was also honored by
Konkan Karaval Kalakaar - a premier Konkani theatre group of Mangalore, for his
contribution and services to Konkani litterateur and theatre.
A little known fact about
MickMax was that he also starred in the pioneering Mangalorean Konkani Film ‘Mog Ani Maipas' and has also written dialogues for the same.
He was in the process
of scripting a Konkani serial for a local TV channel when death intervened on April 24, 2006.
He leaves behind his wife
Joyce and children Karishma Michelle and Karan Russell.
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