Lil_Bahadur_Chettri

Lil Bahadur Chettri

Lil Bahadur Chettri

Nepali language Indian writer

Lil Bahadur Chettri (Nepali: लील बहादुर क्षेत्री) 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 Tribhuvan University, Nepal.[2][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 contribution in literature and education.[5]

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Works

Novels

  • Basain (1957)
  • Brahmaputraka ChheuChhau (1986)
  • Atripta (1969)

Essays

  • Assam Ma Nepali Bhasako Sharogharo (Difficulties of Nepali Language in Assam)

Plays

  • Dobato (Crossroads)

Short stories collection

  • Tindasak Bis Abhibyakti (Twenty Expressions In Three Decades)
  • Lil Bahadur Chettri ka Kathaharu

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Gorkhapatra". Gorkhapatra. Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. [2]
    Kunda Dixit. "Not lost in translation". Nepali Times. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  3. [3]
    Namrata Guragain. "बसाइं–एक अनुभुती". Nepali Post. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  4. [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. [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.


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