Shashikala Manandhar

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Shashikala Manandhar (born 1960) is a Nepalese novelist. The first female novelist writing in the Nepal Bhasa language, she also writes in Nepali. [1]

Manandhar was born in 1960 in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu. [2] She is a postgraduate in MS. [1] Her first novel was Shaili, published in 1985. [1] although by then she had published Nami in 1982, [2] a collection of short stories; and other literary publications. [1] On 15 January 2003, Manandhar was received the Ganki-Basundhara Award by the Ganki-Basundhara Award Academy. [1]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ganki Basundhara Award given away". The Kathmandu Post . nepalnews.com. 2003-01-16. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
  2. 1 2 "Writer's Profiles". Layalama.com. Archived from the original on October 28, 2007. Retrieved 2008-08-28.