Krishna Dharabasi

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Krishna Dharabasi
कृष्ण धरावासी
Born
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai

(1960-07-17) 17 July 1960 (age 62)
NationalityNepalese
OccupationWriter, novelist
Notable work Radha
Jhola
Spouse(s)
Sita Pokhrel
(died 2010)

Manju Bimali
(m. 2012)
Parent(s)Ambika Bhattarai (mother)
Tikaram Bhattarai (father)
Awards Madan Puraskar, 2005

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, professionally known as Krishna Dharabasi is a Nepali writer, novelist and literary critic. He has written multiple essays, short stories, poems and novels. He won the Madan Puraskar for his novel Radha in 2005 (2062 BS). [1] [2] Jhola, one of his short stories has been adapted into a film of the same title. [3] He is known for using meta-writing style (Leela lekhan) in his fictional works. [4] [5]

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Biography

He was born on 17 July 1960 (2 Shrawan 2017 BS), to father Tikaram Bhattarai and mother Ambika Bhattarai in Ambarpur village of Panchthar district. [6] He is the eldest child and has four sisters and a brother.

He began his literary career by publishing a poem in Suryodaya weekly newspaper. [7] He worked in Agricultural Development Bank for 25 years. After retiring from his bank job, he dedicated his time for writing. Saranarthi, his debut novel was published in 1991. [8]

Bibliography

Personal life

His first wife Sita Pokharel died in 2010. He married Manju Bimali in 2012. [9]

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