PEN Nepal elects new committee

The annual general meeting of the Nepal chapter of PEN International, an international organization of writers, has concluded. The meeting, chaired by PEN Nepal President Ram Kumar Pandey, also elected a new working committee. According to the constitution of PEN, Bhishma Upreti has been elected as the president of the newly elected working committee, Hiranya Kumari Pathak as the Vice-president, and Mitrabandhu Poudel as the general secretary. Electoral Officers Shiromani Dawadi and Shushma Chitrakar awarded certificates to the elected officers, confirming their official status.

Senior writer and linguist Chunamani Bandhu, while addressing the formal session of the general meeting, emphasized that as PEN is an international organization, it is necessary to translate Nepali works to internationalize Nepali literature while maintaining its dignity. He also suggested being active institutionally to represent the entire Nepali literary world in the future.

On the same occasion, the book ‘Literary Leadership’ was released by Pandey, which reflects his extensive experience as the president of PEN Nepal and contains the activities, experiences, and insights from his tenure. He also passed proposals to reduce the term of PEN’s working committee from five years to three years, award annual prizes to English books based on Nepali literature, and revise the statute as needed.