Pokharel honoured with Sahitya Sandhya-Govinda Bhatta Memorial Award

Kathmandu, Oct 10:  Critic and Professor Dr Madhav Prasad Pokharel has been honoured with the ‘Sahitya Sandhya-Govinda Bhatta Memorial Award’ for the year 2082 BS.

The award carrying a purse of Rs 50,000 was presented to Dr Pokharel in recognition of his significant contribution to the development of essay, literary criticism, research, linguistic and others.

Senior critic and literary figure Dr Abhi Subedi presented the award to Dr Pokharal at a programme held here on Saturday.

The award was institutionalised in commemoration of Bhatta, a leftist intellectual and literary critic, to honour his legacy.

The revolving fund for the award was established by senior litterateur and Nepal Academy’s former Chancellor Ganga Prasad Upreti.

A meeting of Sahitya Sandhya, chaired by its Chairperson Ram Binay, decided to confer this year’s award on Dr Pokharel.