Bashundhara Shree Award goes to Guragain, Manshree to Rawal

Kathmandu: Noted litterateur Thakur Prasad Guragain (Myanmar) is to be conferred on Bashundhara Shree Award while artist Than Bahadur Rawal (Myanmar) the Manshree Award for this year.

The Bashundhara-Man Academy meeting held under the chairmanship of Chancellor Dr Dubashu Chhetri took the decision in this regard on Tuesday.

Guragain is being awarded for his contribution to the Nepali language and literature in the diaspora. He has written numerous Nepali stories, fiction and dramas to prosper Nepali literature. The Bashundhara Shree Award carries the purse of Rs 75,000.

Similarly, Rawal has produced modern songs and dramas and also done theatre art in the Nepali language. It has helped expand and develop Nepali culture and language in the diaspora, the meeting said, adding that the Manshree Award carries the purse of Rs 50,000.

Several noted literati were given these awards earlier.