Kathmandu, November 3:

Culture expert Satya Mohan Joshi today gave away prizes and honours to literary figures.

Story writer Ramesh Bikal bagged this year’s Bagar Special Honour 2063, Dha Cha Gotame was honoured with the Sarbashrestha Pandulipi Prize 2061, for Aroha Abaroha. Pratisara Sayami won the Gopal Prasad Rimal Honour 2062, Krishna Prasad Basyal and Srijan Lamsal got Bagar Honour 2062 for their works Afnai Yatra Afnai Anubhuti and Angandekhi Sagarsamma.

Joshi said littérateurs should try writing in other national languages so that inclusiveness is reflected in the literary field as well.

Joshi also released Swapnil Shahar, a novel by Pradip Nepal, Bichar ra Antarsambhandha by Modnath Prashrit, Dr Rajendra Bimal ka Kathaharoo by Dr Rajendra Bimal, Angandekhi Sagarsamma by Srijan Lamsal, Telko Dhoop by Govinda Giri Prerana, Good Bye America, a collection of travelogues, Asthako Pahad by Nawa Silwal.