Pokhara, April 10: This year’s National Muktak Award – administered by Muktak Munch Pokhara and instituted by literary figure Bishnu Alpabiram – has been presented to noted litterateur Ratna Shumsher Thapa.
Thapa, 76, of Kamalpokhari, Kathmandu was awarded a cash prize of Rs 11,111 in recognition of his contribution to the enrichment of Muktak genre of literature. The award is being given away in every two years.
Handing over the award to literary figure Thapa, Chancellor of Nepal Music and Drama Academy Sarubhakta said the Muktak Munch has given continuity to the ‘Muktak on Ticket’ which the Pokhareli Sanskritik Pariwar has been running for the past four decades.
A selection committee coordinated by poet Tirtha Shrestha nominated Thapa for this year’s award.
In the ceremony presided over by Much Chair Sarala Lamichhane, literary figures including Bijaya Bajimaya, Deepak Samip and Saraswoti Pratikshya put their remarks.
Earlier, the late Krishna Prasad Parajuli was felicitated with the award. RSS
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