Bhimsen Ko Antya

9789993326076

Nepali play by Balkrishna Sama

Bhimsen Ko Antya (Nepali: भीमसेनको अन्त्य, lit. 'Fall of Bhimsen') is a Nepali play by Balkrishna Sama.^[1]^[2] It was published in 1972 by Sajha Prakashan. Sama is considered as one of the most foremost Nepalese playwright. He was awarded with the title Natya Siromani (Crest jewel of playwright).^[3] He received the prestigious Sajha Puraskar for this work.^[4]

Synopsis

The play is divided into eight acts. The book is based on the later life of the first prime minister of modern Nepal, Bhimsen Thapa. The end days of Thapa consisted of lots of struggle. He was falsely imprisoned by various conspiracies by the other courtiers in the Durbar.^[5]

Reception

The book was awarded with the Sajha Puraskar for 2029 BS (c. 1972-1973).^[6] The award is given every year to the best book published by the publication within that year. It was the first play to win the award.

References

^ "Artists commemorate playwright Sama". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
^ "नेपाली समालोचनाको एक अतुलनीय प्राप्ती". Sajha Bisaunee (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
^ "Natya Siromani remembered". himalayantimes. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2021-12-11.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "यो अन्त्य होइन निस्सीम !". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2021-12-11.
^ "नाटककार समको नारीसम्बन्धी दृष्टिकोण | लीला लुइटेल". www.samakalinsahitya.com. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
^ "Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya". www.madanpuraskar.org. Retrieved 2021-12-11.

Nepali literature

Organizations

Nepal Academy
Nepali Sahitya Sammelan, Darjeeling
Nepali Sahitya Parishad Sikkim
Sajha Prakashan
Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya
Aarohan Gurukul

Divisions

Festivals

Nepal Literature Festival

Literary awards

Literary movements

Writers

Fiction writers	Amar Neupane Ambalika Devi Asit Rai Banira Giri Bhawani Bhikshu Bhim Nidhi Tiwari Bhuwan Dhungana Bikram Bir Thapa Binod Prasad Dhital Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala Buddhisagar Chandra Prakash Baniya Chhinnalata Chuden Kabimo Daulat Bikram Bista Dhanush Chandra Gautam Dhooswan Sayami Dhruba Chandra Gautam Diamond Shumsher Rana Girish Ballabh Joshi Gopal Prasad Rimal Govinda Bahadur Malla Guman Singh Chamling Guru Prasad Mainali Hemang Dixit Indra Bahadur Rai Krishna Dharabasi Kumar Nagarkoti Leeladhwaj Thapa Madan Mani Dixit Mahesh Bikram Shah Manu Brajaki Maya Thakuri Nanda Hangkhim Narayan Wagle Nayan Raj Pandey Lil Bahadur Chettri Neelam Karki Niharika Parashu Pradhan Parijat Peter J. Karthak Prema Shah Rajan Mukarung Ramesh Bikal Ramlal Joshi Rudra Raj Pande Sanjeev Uprety Sanu Sharma Shakti Ballav Aryal Shanti Mishra Sharada Sharma Shikhar Ghimirey Shiva Kumar Rai Subin Bhattarai Sushila Karki Sushma Joshi Tarini Prasad Koirala Yubraj Nayaghare
Poets	Abhi Subedi Agam Singh Giri Ali Miya Bairagi Kainla Bhanubhakta Acharya Bhim Nidhi Tiwari Bhola Rijal Bhupi Sherchan Bimala Tumkhewa Bina Theeng Tamang Byakul Maila Chadani Shah Chakrapani Chalise Chittadhar Hridaya Dharanidhar Koirala Dharmendra Bikram Nembang Durga Lal Shrestha Gadul Singh Lama Geeta Tripathee Gopal Parajuli Gopal Prasad Rimal Gyandil Das Hangyug Agyat Hari Bhakta Katuwal Ishwor Ballav Kamala Sankrityayan Kedar Man Vyathit Komalnath Adhikari Krishnahari Baral Krishna Bhusan Bal Kshetra Pratap Adhikary Kul Bahadur KC Laxmi Prasad Devkota Lekhnath Paudyal Madhav Prasad Ghimire MBB Shah Manjul Mohan Koirala Motiram Bhatta Naba Raj Lamsal Nanda Hangkhim Nara Dev Pandey Neer Shah Ramesh Kshitij Ratna Shumsher Thapa Santosh Lamichhane Saraswati Pratikshya Sarita Tiwari Shrawan Mukarung Siddhicharan Shrestha Somnath Sigdel Suman Pokhrel Sulochana Manandhar Swapnil Smriti Toya Gurung Tulsiram Sharma Kashyap Upendra Subba Usha Sherchan Vishnu Raj Atreya Yogbir Singh Kansakar Yogmaya Neupane Yuyutsu Sharma
Playwrights and dramatists	Abhi Subedi Ashesh Malla Balkrishna Sama Bhim Nidhi Tiwari Bijaya Malla Master Mitrasen Pahalman Singh Swar Saru Bhakta Shambhu Prasad Dhungel Suman Pokhrel
Historians and sociologists	Ambika Prasad Upadhyaya Baburam Acharya Bhagi Raj Ingnam Chandra Prakash Baniya Chittaranjan Nepali Deepak Shimkhada Dor Bahadur Bista Iman Xin Chemjong Kumar Pradhan Satya Mohan Joshi Surya Bikram Gyawali Yogesh Raj Yogi Naraharinath
Essayists/critics/journalists	Bhairav Aryal Bharat Jangam Bharat Koirala Bhupal Rai Buddhi Narayan Shrestha C. K. Lal Dharma Ratna Yami Geeta Tripathee Gopal Parajuli Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh Kamal Mani Dixit Karna Shakya Khagendra Sangraula Khaptad Baba Krishna Chandra Singh Pradhan Krishna Lal Adhikari Madan Mohan Mishra Mahananda Poudyal Prithvi Narayan Shah Rewati Raman Khanal Riddhi Bahadur Malla Shankar Lamichhane Uttam Kunwar Vijay Kumar Pandey
Travel writers	Lain Singh Bangdel Taranath Sharma
Children's literature writers	Janak Prasad Humagain Prema Shah Shanta Das Manandhar Shukraraj Shastri
Linguists and grammarians	Bal Krishna Pokharel Chuda Mani Regmi Mahananda Sapkota Mukunda Sharan Upadhyaya Parasmani Pradhan Ram Raj Pant
Biographers	Jagadish Ghimire Jhamak Ghimire Nara Nath Acharya Nityaraj Pandey Radha Paudel Rookmangud Katawal Shanta Chaudhary
Folklorists	Kesar Lall Karunakar Vaidya Tulasi Diwasa