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Banira Giri

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Banira Giri


Born
in Kurseong, Darjeeling , India
April 11, 1946

Died
May 24, 2021

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Dr. Banira Giri became the first Nepali woman to be awarded a PhD from Tribhuvan University.
She was the first woman to receive the Sajha Award, for her
poetic fiction Shabdatit Shantanu.
She is one of the very few Nepali women writers to have established a reputation outside
Nepal.
The poems of Banira Giri are always inspiring, her strong
words and forceful logical exposition probing the depths of
human wounds and carrying the inner voice of the victim. In many ways, Giri’s poems are a
compendium of the society and cultures she lives in.
In 1997, the Japan Foundation Asia Center gave Banira Giri the Takeshi Kaiko Memorial award
for one-person poetry readings in three major cities of Japan.
Banira Giri has been decorated with Nepal’s esteemed Supraval
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Average rating: 3.97 · 202 ratings · 24 reviews · 9 distinct worksSimilar authors
कारागार [Karagar]

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शब्दातीत शान्तनु [Shabdatit...

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निर्बन्ध [Nirbandha]

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From the Other End: Poems

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काठमाडौंं काठमाडौंं [Kathma...

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पर्वतको अर्को नाम पार्वती [...

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जंगल जंगल [Jungle Jungle]

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“तर आजको म आजै हुँ, भोलीको म आजको म होइन नि ।”
Banira Giri, कारागार [Karagar]

“अत्याधुनिक बौद्धिकताको सगरबाट थिचिएका छौँ हामी ।”
Banira Giri, कारागार [Karagar]

“केही पाएर हराउँदा अझ ठुलो रिक्तताको बोध हुन्छ ।”
Banira Giri, कारागार [Karagar]

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