- Shankar Lamichhane
Shankar Lamichhane ( _ne. शंकर लमिछने) is a
Nepal eseessayist and a winner ofMadan Puraskaar , the highest national honor in literary achievement.Considered one of Nepal's foremost essayists of all times, Shankar Lamichhane wrote with a lyrical, musical tempo, unrestrained by the ponderous language that often mars the essays of his elders, peers or followers. He died an untimely death at the age of 48, but had stopped writing before that, discouraged by an anonymous accusation of plagiarism, an accusation he accepted, but which is still deliberated over by critics. That Lamichhane's fresh, playful style greatly enriched Nepali literature is, however, indisputable. The essay below, translated from his collection Abstract Chintan: Pyaz, shows off his light touch in dealing with both intimate and metaphysical subjects. [ [http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/113/Literature/5757] ]
, his
Magnum Opus won him theMadan Puraskaar in 2024Bikram Samwat .He completely stopped writing after being anonymously accused of
plagiarism , "an accusation he accepted, but which is still deliberated over by critics". [ [http://www.nepalitimes.com.np/issue/113/Literature/5757 Shankar Lamichhane.]Nepali Times , issue no. 113 (27 SEPT 2002 - 03 OCT 2002). AccessedJuly 26 ,2008 . ]He died at the age of 48.
Shankar Lamichhane Essay Society was established in his honor.Fact|date=July 2008References
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