Diamond Shumsher Rana
Diamond Shumsher Rana | |
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Native name | डायमनशमशेर राणा |
Born | Tansen Durbar, Palpa, Nepal | 5 July 1918
Died | 11 March 2011 Kathmandu, Nepal | (aged 92)
Occupation | Writer, politician |
Nationality | Nepalese |
Period | 1948–2011 |
Genre | Historical fiction |
Notable works | Basanti (1948)Seto Bagh (1970) |
Diamond Shumsher Rana (5 July 1918 – 11 March 2011) was a Nepali writer and political activist known for his acclaimed novels Basanti and Seto Bagh.
Life and career
He was born at Tansen Durbar in Palpa, where his grandfather, Sher Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, was governor. His father Buddha Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana was a colonel in the Royal Nepal Army.[1] Rana enjoyed a privileged upbringing and was a captain in the Royal Nepal Army.
In 1948 Rana travelled to Benaras, India and had his first novel Basanti published. In Nepal, he had aligned himself with an anti-establishment faction of the Rana regime and was arrested, court-martialled and sentenced to death but was later freed after members of the Rana family pressured the regime for his release.[1] Rana later joined the political opposition and was a member of the Nepali Congress Party from 1954 to 1987.[2]
Bibliography
- Basanti (1948)
- Seto Bagh (1970)
- Anita
- Griha Prabesh
- Satprayas (Sequel to Seto Bagh)
- Pratibaddha
- Dhanko Dhabba
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- 1918 births
- 2011 deaths
- People from Palpa District
- Nepalese male writers
- Nepali-language writers
- Nepalese male novelists
- Nepalese politicians
- 20th-century novelists
- Jagadamba Shree Puraskar winners