Bimal Gurung Literary Award goes to Bhupeen, Junu

By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, Oct. 31: The annual Bimal Gurung Literary Award 2082 will be jointly presented to Bhupeen Khadka for his essay collection 'Madhyako Ujyalo' and Junu Rana for her essay collection 'Lahureni Saundarya'.

 A meeting of the management committee of the Poet Bimal Gurung Memorial Library in Dharan decided to jointly confer the award on the two collections.

According to Library Chairman Purna Bahadur Gurung, the award carries a cash prize of Rs. 200,000, which will be divided equally between the two writers. The award will be presented on November 5 at the library premises in Dharan during the celebration of the 55th birth anniversary of poet Bimal Gurung and the 35th National Poetry Festival.