SAARC–FOSWAL Lifetime Award goes to Sigdel, Rakesh
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By a Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, Nov. 6 : The 67th SAARC-FOSWAL Literature Festival, to be held at Siri Fort in New Delhi from November 15 to 18, will award two Nepali writers. Nepali poet, editor, and translator Keshab Sigdel will receive the SAARC–FOSWAL Lifetime Achievement Award, while the SAARC-FOSWAL Literature Award will be conferred on Nepali writer and Mithila culture expert Dr. Ram Dayal Rakesh. The former award carries a purse of IC Rs.
1 lakh. Last year, Dr. Abhi Subedi and poet Laxmi Mali from Nepal received the former and the latter awards, respectively. Similarly, the other recipients of the SAARC–FOSWAL Lifetime Achievement Award are Kunzang Choden (Bhutan), Alok Bhalla (India), Amarendra Khatua (India), Suresh Goel (India), and Nurul Hoque (Bangladesh). Likewise, Deo Prakash Choudhary (India), Dr.
Kumara Hettiarachchi (Sri Lanka), Dr. Shehpar Rasool (India), Kavita Singhal (India), Dr. Rawail Singh (India), and Dr. Sushmindar Jeet Kaur (India) will also be conferred with the SAARC-FOSWAL Literature Award.
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