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Purna Bahadur Vaidya, 1941- | |||
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Purna Bahadur Vaidya, born on August 29, 1941 in Bhaktapur, Nepal,
is an established poet and essayist in Newari. He received the degree
of Master of Education from Tribhuvan University. Vaidya has written a
remarkable collection of poems in Newari: Lah lah khah, a collection
of eighty-four poems "refracted through water." Water is Purna Vaidya's
element. He sings water as Whitman sings the self. He was awarded the
Shrestha Sirapa (the one and only award in Newari literature, established
by the late Swoyambhu Lal Shrestha) in 1964 for his poetry collection
Sarasu, and in 1972 for his essay collection Ji Chhagu Abhibyakti.
He also was awarded the Rastriya Siksha Puraskar (1993), the Rashtriya
Pratibha Puraskar (1996), and the Aswikrit Sahitya Puraskar (2002). |
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