Litterateur Bijay Kharel passes away in the US

KATHMANDU, July 3: Litterateur Bijay Kharel passed away today in Texas, USA, on Monday. 

Kharel is one of the followers of the literary movement known in the country's literary history as the Jharrobadi Andolan, which aimed to shun unnecessary encroachment by other languages upon the Nepali language.

The 77-year-old litterateur originally hails from Mechi Municipality ward no 6 of Jhapa district. He had flown to the USA around a month ago for a family visit. 

A litterateur with over a dozen literary creations to his credit, Kharel had a fever and was also suffering from urinary infection. He was undergoing treatment at a local hospital in Texas for a week.

He died in the course of treatment, his family members confirmed. Accompanied by his spouse Parbati Kharel, he had gone to the USA where their son and daughter-in-law are settled.

Kharel is survived by his spouse, two daughters and a son. 

Meanwhile, Suseli Literary Family, Jhapa's Chairperson Punya Prasad Kharel said that the Nepali literature lost a senior litterateur of 'rustic genre'. "The late Kharel created literature in every genre," he said, adding that the late Kharel had recently published a dictionary containing rustic (countryside) words and dialects.

Kharel's over a dozen creations including his first book 'Bijayka Nibandha' (Essays of Bijay) published in 2064 BS to the latest one,  'Yugarambha' (Beginning of an Era), a novel published in 2079 BS.

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