KATHMANDU: Journalist Vijay Kumar Panday's Khusi has bagged this year's Madan Puraskar.

Madan Puraskar Guthi on Friday decided to honour Pandey's autobiographical account with Nepal's most prestigious literary award.

Also, the Guthi decided to honour philanthropist Angurbaba Joshi with this year's JagadambaShree award, according to Kunda Dixit, Guthi's member secretary.

Dixit made the announcement on Twitter.

Last year, Radha Paudel's Khalanga maa Hamala had won the literary honour, dubbed as Nepal's Nobel prize in literature.

२०७१ को मदन पुरस्कार ‘खुसी’ का लागि विजय कुमारलाई जगदम्बा-श्री पुरस्कार अङ्गूरबाबा जोशीलाई #MadanPuraskar pic.twitter.com/IgShTwxDQE

— Kunda Dixit (@kundadixit) September 11, 2015