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Nepali writer and literary critic (1927-2018)

Indra Bahadur Rai

1927–2018, born Darjeeling, writes in Nepali, Hindi, English, writer, literary critic

Indra Bahadur Rai was an Indian Nepali language writer and literary critic from Darjeeling, India. He wrote multiple essays, short stories, novels and criticism in his lifetime. Kheer and Raat Bhari Huri Chalyo are some of his most popular stories. He started a literary movement in Nepali literature known as Tesro Aayam with Ishwar Ballav and Bairagi Kainla. In 1977, he won the first ever Sahitya Akademi Award for Nepali language.

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Books on record

On Open Library

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Awards

1977Sahitya Akademi Award for Nepali Upanyas Ka Adharharu

Elsewhere

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Also writing in Nepali

Gita Upadhyay

1939–2026educator, writer, and translator from Assam (born 1939)