Veteran author, Shanta Das Manandhar, has been awarded ‘Devkota Lu Xun Pragya Puraskar’ on Saturday at the premises of Nepal Art Council, Baber Mahal. Manandhar received a cash prize Rs 50,000 and a copper plate from Rabindra Adhikari, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation. Speaking at the award function, Adhikari said that art and literature had the power to direct the society into a right direction.
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The award recipient, Manandhar said, “Literature should be served in a simple way to the public. There is a huge role of literature in the development of the society. Literature is equally important to educate and aware people.”
