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The three day long Kathmandu-Kalinga Literary Festival successfully came to an end today in Lalitpur. Co-organised by the Yashaswi Academy, Nepal and Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) of India, Minister for Foreign Affairs NP Saud had inaugurated the festival . This event fulfilled its role in the exchange of culture in the South Asia promoting literary and cultural activities.
Professor Avadhesh Pradhan, actress and writer Divya Dutta, Prof Madhav Prasad Pokharel and actress Manisha Koirala’s were awarded ‘Yashaswi Sahitya Samman’ . Similarly, those awarded with the ‘Yashaswi Book Prize’ initiated from this year include writer Bibek Ojha towards fiction for his book ‘Aithan’, Dr Nawaraj KC towards creative non-fiction for his book ‘Sunyako Mulya’, Renuka GC towards story for her book ‘Sanesh’, Dr Mahendra Malla towards poetry for the anthology of poems entitled ‘Bhasako Bakpatra’, Govinda Giri Prerana towards biography for the biography ‘Sushree Parijaat’ and Anuradha towards children’s literature for her book ‘Chhamchhako Chhamchhami’. Others prized with the ‘Yashaswi Book Prize’ are Rima KC towards translation for her translation of ‘Selected Poems by Amrita Preetam’, Narayan Ghimire towards food and medicine for his book ‘Raithane Khanpan Ra Chadparva’, Lakpa Dendi Sherpa towards autobiography for his autobiography ‘Himalayan Maverick’ and Sushant Thapa towards English poetry writing for his anthology of poems entitled ‘Means of Merit’.
Llitterateurs from Nepal, India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have gathered here for the Festival.