Manohar Rai Sardesai

Manohar Rai Sardessai
Born18 January 1925
Died22 June 2006 (2006-06-23) (aged 81)
LanguageKonkani
Nationality
    • Portuguese
      (until 1961)
    • Indian (from 1961)
EducationBombay University
Notable awards
RelativesLaxmanrao Sardessai (father)

Manohar Rai Sardesai (18 January 1925 – 22 June 2006) was an Indian Konkani poet, writer and French translator. He received his Doctorat ès lettres françaises for his thesis "L'image de l'Inde en France" from the University of Sorbonne. He has been credited for an upsurge of modern Konkani poetry. Sardesai died in 2006.