Lil Bahadur Chettri

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]

Lil Bahadur Chettri
Native name
लील बहादुर क्षेत्री
Born (1933-03-01) March 1, 1933
Guwahati, Assam
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • short story writer
  • essayist
  • literary critic
LanguageNepali, English
NationalityIndian
EducationMasters in Economics
Alma materGuwahati University
Notable worksBasain, Brahmaputraka ChheuChhau
Notable awardsSahitya Akademi Award, 1987
Jagadamba Shree Purasakar, 2016
Padmashri, 2020

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