Lil Bahadur Chettri

Lil Bahadur Chettri is an Indian writer in the Nepali language from Assam, India.[1] He is a recipient of Sahitya Academy Award for his book Brahmaputrako Chheu Chhau. His other book Basain is a story of poor villagers who undergo suffering due to the exploitation of the feudal and so-called upper class of the society. It is included in the curriculum of Tribhuwan University, Nepal.[2] Here is one more article about his novel "Basain" described as it observed by a general reader.[3] In 2016 he was honoured with Jagadamba Shree Purasakar for his contribution to the Nepali literature and language.[4] In 2020 Government of India awarded him Padmashri, the fourth highest civilian award of India for his contributions.[5]

Lil Bahadur Chettri
BornGuwahati, Assam
OccupationNovelist, Short Story Writer, Essayist, Literary Critic
LanguageNepali, English
NationalityIndian
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award, 1987
Jagadamba Shree Purasakar, 2016
Padmashri, 2020

Works
  • Basain (1957)
  • Brahmaputra Ko Chheu Chhao (Banks of Brahmaputra)
  • Atripta (Unfulfilled)
  • Assam Ma Nepali Bhasako Sharogharo (Difficulties of Nepali Language in Assam)
  • Dobato (Crossroads)
  • Tindasak Bis Abhibyakti (Twenty Expressions In Three Decades)

See also

References
  1. "Gorkhapatra". Gorkhapatra. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. Kunda Dixit. "Not lost in translation". Nepali Times. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. Namrata Guragain. "बसाइं–एक अनुभुती". Nepali Post. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. "Ram Lal Joshi wins Madan Puraskar, Assam-based Lil Bahadur Chettri gets Jagadamba Shree". The Himalayan Times. 20 September 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  5. "Padma Vibhushan for Mary Kom, Padma Bhushan for SC Jamir, Padma Shri for 13 others from Northeast". NENOW. 25 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.