Diamond Shumsher Rana

Nepali writer (1918–2011)

Diamond Shumsher Rana
Native name
डायमनशमशेर राणा
Born(1918-07-05)5 July 1918
Tansen Durbar, Palpa, Nepal
Died11 March 2011(2011-03-11) (aged 92)
Kathmandu, Nepal
OccupationWriter, politician
NationalityNepalese
Period1948–2011
GenreHistorical fiction
Notable worksBasanti (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

References

  1. ^ a b "Spiny Babbler, Diamond Shumsher Rana" Archived 10 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "My Republica, Anti-Rana novelist Diamond Shumsher dead"
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