Mangalore : Leo John D’Souza from Bikarnakatte in Mangalore who was a famous Konkani poet, died at Bangalore on October 10, Thursday morning owing to a brief illness. He was recently admitted to hospital and discharged. D’Souza was popularly known as Liyab.

 He had even worked for Raknno Konkani magazine as associate editor and as  Manager of Sandesha. ‘Dev Haslo’ is an anthology of 3000 Konkani poems penned by him under the  pen name Kavyadas.  This work has been translated into English as ‘And God Smiled.’

D’Souza had also authored several articles for Konkani and Kannada publications. He had won the Sandesha Award and Konkani Academy Award among others.