KATHMANDU: Author, novelist and poet Nilam Karki Niharika and veteran author Shanta Das Manandhar have bagged this year's Madan Puraskar and Jagadamba Shree awards respectively.

Madan Puraskar Guthi on Monday decided to honour Nilam Karki Niharika's 'Yogmaya' with Nepal's most prestigious literary award.

Likewise, the Guthi also decided to honour Shanta Das Manandhar with this year's Jagadamba Shree award, according to Kunda Dixit, Guthi's Chairman.

Dixit made the announcement on Twitter today.

मदन पुरस्कार गुठीले बाल साहित्यको विकास, विस्तार र प्रवर्धनमा पाँच दशकदेखि सक्रिय शान्तदास मानन्धरज्यूलाई वर्ष २०७४ को जगदम्बाश्री तथा योगमाया पुस्तकका लागि नीलम कार्की निहारिकालाई मदन पुरस्कार अर्पण गर्ने निर्णय गर्यो। pic.twitter.com/PHGtoNYhgN

— Kunda Dixit (@kundadixit) August 27, 2018