Uttam Kunwar
Uttam Kunwar was a Nepalese literary journalist, critic, and writer. He served as an editor for Ruprekha, one of the most popular literary magazine in Nepal, alongside Bal Mukunda Pandey. He won the Madan Puraskar in 1966 for his book Srasta ra Sahitya, an anthology of literary interviews.
Biography
He was born on 25 May 1938 in Chhetrapati, Kathmandu to father Janga Bahadur Kunwar and mother Bhagwati Kunwar. He obtained an IA degree in veterinary. He then ventured into the world of journalism. He worked as the editor of the Nepali literary magazine, Ruprekha. During his editorship, the magazine became widely popular. In 1966, he published Srasta ra Sahitya, a book of literary interviews with prominent Nepali writers such as Bhupi Sherchan, Parijat (writer), Madhav Prasad Ghimire, etc. He conducted those interviews from 1961 to 1996. The book earned him the prestigious Madan Puraskar for the same year.He died on 30 July 1982, of a cardiac arrest in his home at the age of 44.
Notable works
Srasta ra Sahitya Anubhav ra Anubhuti- ''Sir Henry Lawrence ko Jiwani''