Willy Goes

Willy Goes (Wilfred Eusebio Goes) Master of Fine Arts (Applied Art) (MFA)
Has taught at Goa College of Art for 38 years.
Ex Principal, Goa College of Art, Altinho, Panaji Goa
He has taught in the Department of Applied Art at the Goa College of Art, where he engaged with disciplines such as Graphic Design, Communication Design, Media, Photography, Computer Graphics, Audio-Visual (filmmaking), and Illustration. His teaching and practice emphasize design, layout, and typography as fundamental visual elements. He holds a Master’s degree by research, with a focus on newspapers and print publications produced in Goa and Mumbai from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. His research reflects a sustained interest in visual culture, print history, and the evolution of graphic communication.
He is also a bi-lingual writer. Has written and published seven books in Konkani and two in English.
Contributes regularly for magazines like ‘Gulab’, ‘Goan Review’, ‘Goa Today’, and others.
Has contributed to Sunaprant, The Navhind Times, Amcho Avaz, Pormoll etc.
Served on Konkani Advisory Board of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi from 2008 to 2012.
Presented papers on Konkani Literature at State Level, National Level and International
Level Seminars.

Awards: 

Konknni Bhasha Mandal Literature Award 2006 for his novelette ‘Khand’.
Awards for manuscripts of two Konkani novels, ‘Kantto’ and ‘Kotrin’.
Jack Sequiera Award 2012 for contribution to Konkani Literature by research organization Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr.
Konkani novel ‘Kotrin’ was adjudged as the best novel by All India Konknni Writers’ Organisation in 2013.
Gulab Writer of the year Award 2016.
State Art Awards for Graphic Design and Photography.
Novelette ‘Khand’ was the first Konkani book uploaded in audio format on the internet in
2013.

Books:
1. ‘Altoddi Ani Poltoddi’ (Konkani novel)
2. ‘Khand’ (Konkani novelette)
3. ‘Pedru Tiva’ (Children’s literature in Konkani)
4. ‘Mon Sanvoranam’ (collection of short stories in Konkani)
5. ‘Kantto’ (Konkani novel)
6. ‘Kotrin’ (Konkani Novel)
7. ‘Cobo’s Sofa and other short stories from Goa.’ (Collection of short
stories in English)
8. ‘Kapaz Jaki’ (Konkani novel based on classic Konkani tiatr Kunnbi Jaki by
Pai Tiatrist Joao Agustine Fernandes)
9. ‘My Husband’s Mysterious Mistress.’ (Collection of short stories in
English)