Bhubaneswar: Nepal Writer Ranjana Niraula received prestigious Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) Book Award 2022 . Odisha Governor Prof. Ganeshi Lal conferred the award to Ranjana Niraula and others writers at glittering function held at Bhubaneswar during the inaugural day of the 9th Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF).
Two Nepal Writers selected by jury for the prestigious KLF Book Awards 2022. Nepali writer Ranjana Niraula get KLF Book Awards 2022 for her book “Anubhuti Ko Awataran”, writer Sumit Sharma Sameer’s book “Wake Up Ali…Wake Up Now” selected in Debut Book category. It should be noted that Noted Nepali Writer, Editor, Critic Ranjana Niraula is a multifaceted personality from Nepal who juggles multiple roles in her daily life with equal panache. From being a popular poet in Nepali and English literature with a penchant to weave magic with her beautiful words and pictures to being a poet, editor, panelist, researcher, philanthropist, Academic, humanist, literary critics, curator to being a speaker, she handles each role with élan and confidence with a sole motive to excel and live up to the high expectations from her legions of fans spread across Nepal as well as the Subcontinent. “Sumit Sharma Sameer is a graduate of the London School of Economic and Political Science, UK and the Queen’s University, Canada. He completed his under-graduation in Sociology from the Loyola college, Chennai, India. ‘Wake up Ali…Wake up Now’, published by Vitasta has been translated from Nepali language is his first work of fiction. Presently, he works as a political adviser with the British Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal.”
KLF Book Awards, established by KLF in 2021 opens up the opportunities to identify, recognize, acknowledge, encourage and honor the literary talents across genres, for both established and new writers. The objective has been to shape future literary icons. During the KLF Annual Pro-gram at Bhubaneswar (24-26 February 2023), KLF Book Awards will be conferred based on the recommendations of an independent Award Jury.