Posthumous award for 12

KATHMANDU: Twelve national and international literary figures have posthumously been conferred with ‘Great Poet Devkota Century Great honour’ to recognise their extraordinary support to Mahakabi Laxmi Prasad Devkota during his lifetime. The recipients are Prof Dr Ishwar Baral, Ganesh Man Singh, Mahendra Bikram Shah, Mrigendra Samsher JBR, Brahma Samsher JBR, Mahapundit Rahul Sankrityanan (India), Dr Edgar R Miler (UK), Dr Lyudmila Aganina (Russia), Dr Worker Hill (USA), Dr Shiva Mangal Singh Suman (India), Surya Bikram Gyawali and Dr Ksitiz Chandra Chakravarti.