Shanta Das Manandhar
शान्तदास मानन्धर
Born1934 (1934)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Died (aged 89)
Kathmandu, Nepal
NationalityNepalese
OccupationWriter
AwardsJagadamba Shree Puraskar

Shanta Das Manandhar (Nepali: शान्तदास मानन्धर; 1934 – 14 November 2023) was a Nepalese pioneer of children's literature. He published more than 24 children's books.[1] Two of the books were published in English in 1958–1959,[1] one of them titled Some Essays.[2] He also translated English fairy tales into Nepali.[3]

Manandhar was born in Jhochen, Kathmandu and educated in JP school,[1] and completed the Bachelor level. He worked as a teacher in Santi Bidyagriha of Lainchaur and worked as a principal in Bal Sewa Bidhyashram for eight years.[1] Though he suffered from two heart attacks,[2] he remained active in writing for various newspapers for children's columns.[4]

Shanta Das Manandhar died at Vayodha Hospital in Kathmandu, on 14 November 2023, at the age of 89.[5]

List of awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d "पाका साथी". Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b "झोँछे गल्लीमा एउटा लु सुन". झोँछे गल्लीमा एउटा लु सुन. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ BHATTARAI, GOVINDA RAJ. "A Brief Survey of Translation in Nepali". History of Translation in India: 207.
  4. ^ रातोपाटी. "शान्तदास मानन्धर". RatoPati. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  5. ^ Literary figure Shanta Das Manandhar passes away
  6. ^ "This year's Madan Puraskar conferred on Karki". OnlineKhabar. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Nilam Karki Niharika, Shanta Das Manandhar win prestigious awards". The Himalayan Times. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  8. ^ Republica. "Veteran author Shanta das Manandhar felicitated". My City. Retrieved 24 August 2020.

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