Sajha awards for litterateurs

KATHMANDU, July 4: Sajha Prakashan has decided to award Sajha Child Literature Award 2065 to senior litterateur Shanta Das Manandhar for his creation “Bhuichalo Bare Hajuraamako Katha” (Grandmother’s stories about earthquake), a collection children’s stories.



Likewise, Sajha decided to award Devendra Mishra with Sajha Child Literature Award 2066 for his creation “Bagiyak Gachha”, a collection of children’s stories in Maithili language.



The award set up 12 years ago has been conferred to 14 litterateurs of 12 books so far.



Similarly, Sajha decided to award Dhanhang Subba and Basudev Bhatta ‘Bhaisaab’ with Sajha Folk Literature Award of the year 2065 and 2066 for their books “Limbuwanko Lokkatha” and “Doti Pradesh Ko Lok Bangmaya Kosh”, respectively.



All these awards carry a purse of Rs 12,000.

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