Yashaswi Book Award to honor six books

This year’s Yashaswi Book Award 2081 will recognize six books across various categories. 

As announced in a press release by Ranjana Niraula, Director of Yashasvi Pragya Pratishthan, the awardees include Devvrat for his poetry collection ‘Aswasthamako Nidharbata Bagmati Bagchha’, Muna Chaudhary for her fiction ‘Laar’, and Momila Joshi for her non-fiction work ‘Prashnaharu Ta Baki Nai Rahanchhan’, which she will share with Arun Gupta for ‘Sanskriti Chintan’. Additionally, Rohini Rana’s ‘The Nepal Cook Book’ (English) and Yagyaraj Upadhyay’s research work ‘Kali-Karnaliko Lok Sahitya Tatha Sanskriti’ will also be recognized. 

The awards, which include a prize of Rs 20,000 for each recipient, will be presented at the Kathmandu-Kalinga Literary Festival on Sept 7.