Mukesh Sharma

Kalimpong, January 2

Celebrated Nepali literary figure of Varanasi U.P . The Nepali Sahitya Adhyan Samiti former president T.B.Thakuri announced the name of the recipient on Wednesday  a programme that was held in the Samiti  in Kalimpong.

The award will be given on February 26 at a program going to be held at town hall . Shrestra happens to be the editor of Varanasi (UP) based Nepali daily “Uday”, and has nearly published 15 nepali books which includes novels , stories, poems, critic writings, biographies etc.Apart from Nepali he has written a short stories in Hindi named ,Satare Mausi' for which he has  been honored by the Uttar Pradesh government. Apart from this, he has also received “Kusumkumari international Puraskar” and “Bhanu Puraskar” from Dehradun. He was also a member of the Advisory board of the Sahitya Academy Delhi.