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Uttam Kunwar

ウッタム・クンウォル

Uttam Kunwar

Aliases: Hari Bahadur Kunwar

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-05-25 (Chhetrapati, Kathmandu)
Died
1982-07-30 (Kathmandu, Nepal) age 44
Nationality
Nepal
Languages
Nepali
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Kathmandu

Career

Occupations
literary journalist, critic, writer, Editor
Active Years
1961-1982
Affiliations
Ruprekha

Education

Unknown
Veterinary
Degree: IA degree in veterinary
Country: Nepal

Awards

Madan Puraskar
1966
Work: Srasta ra Sahitya
Organization: Madan Puraskar Guthi
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Srasta ra Sahitya

1966 Literary interviews

An anthology of literary interviews with prominent Nepali writers such as Bhupi Sherchan, Parijat, Madhav Prasad Ghimire, etc., conducted from 1961 to 1966.

Nepali literatureWriter interviews

Anubhav ra Anubhuti

Collection of essays

Collection of essays.

Sir Henry Lawrence ko Jiwani

Biography

Biography of Sir Henry Lawrence.

Health

  • Cardiac arrest
    1982
    Died at age 44.

Legacy

A literary foundation called Uttam Kunwar Memorial Award Trust was founded by his wife Shanti Kunwar, presenting the Uttam Shanti Puraskar annually to a non-fiction book in Nepali.

Trivia

  • Birth name is Hari Bahadur Kunwar.
  • Obtained an IA degree in veterinary before entering journalism.