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काठमाडौंं काठमाडौंं [Kathmandau Kathmandau]
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About the author
Banira Giri
9 books26 followersDr. 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 Gorkha Dakshinabahu award, as well as several other awards and
prizes. Her poems are included in several anthologies in Hindi,
Urdu, Nepali, English, Japanese and other languages. Her works
are published in different literary
magazines in Nepal, India and abroad. Presently she teaches
Nepali at Tribhuvan University.
Some of the work of Banira Giri are
1. Jivana thaymaru.
2. Mero avishkara.
3. Karagar
4. Shabdatit Santanu
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 Gorkha Dakshinabahu award, as well as several other awards and
prizes. Her poems are included in several anthologies in Hindi,
Urdu, Nepali, English, Japanese and other languages. Her works
are published in different literary
magazines in Nepal, India and abroad. Presently she teaches
Nepali at Tribhuvan University.
Some of the work of Banira Giri are
1. Jivana thaymaru.
2. Mero avishkara.
3. Karagar
4. Shabdatit Santanu
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