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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

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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

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  • Basanti (1948)
  • Seto Bagh (1970)
  • Anita
  • Griha Prabesh
  • Satprayas (Sequel to Seto Bagh)
  • Pratibaddha
  • Dhanko Dhabba

References

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