Name Dilliram Acharya | Role Poet | |
Dilliram Sharma Acharya, who was born in April 4, 1960, is a popular Bhutanese origin Nepali poet.He currently lives in Norway. Acharya is well known in Bhutanese community beaucuse of his creative writing.
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Life
Acharya was born in Sarbang (Sarpang - present name), Bhutan. He is the first son of his parents Naina Kala Acharya (mother) and Dhurba Lal Acharya (father). He was born after his father married Naina Kala Acharya, a second wife. He had done his basic studies while he was in Bhutan. In 1990, he was claimed by the Government of Bhutan that he was involved in the Bhutanese Democratic revolution. Government publicly announced to arrest him, so in order to escape before arrested, he left Bhutan. In that situation he spent two years in Assam and Bengal with other refugees who were evicted from the country with the same issue like him. Later, in 1991 he came to Nepal and helped other Bhutanese refugees voluntarily doing several things. He himself spent miserable life with other refugees in refugee camp Jhapa Nepal.
Edication and Work
In 1995, he started the class offered by Nepali Bhasa Parisad Bhutan. He was glad to get further education and started spending a lot of time on his course. He worked hard and put his effort to education as much as provided by the organization. He passed B.A. in Nepali literature. In1996, he was appointed as a Nepali teacher in Marigold Academy School in Beldangi II extension. Acharya worked as a journalist on Jagaran News paper contributing to community news, and articles organized by Nepali Bhasa Parisad Bhutan. He did social work in Camp management committee. He was honored and awarded by Nepali Bhasa Parisad Bhutan. Sahitya Alankar Guthi Khudunabari has honored and awarded him. He was also awarded by Bhutanese management committee in 2005. He was honored in other several places. Acharya spent refugee life in camp for eighteen years and contributed number of literary books in Nepali. He is the first person to begin Epics writing in Bhutanese community.
After the refugee resettlement process, he is residing in Norway now. He is still contributing books and creative knowledge to Bhutanese literature. He has three sons, two daughters and seven grandkids.
Publications
Epics (Mahakavya) Homeland Epic (2001) “Matri Bhumi Mahakavya”,
Radha Epic (2004) “Radha Mahakavya”
Spring Epic (2004) “Basanta Mahakavya”
Miss Epic (2007) “Kumari Mahakavya”
Elegy (Khandakavya) Lightning lyrical elegy (2001) “Chatyang Khandakavya”
Sarita elegy (2002) “Sarita Khandakavya”
Stories/Novels/ Essays Description of Bhutanese Movement (poetry collection)
Domestic Violence and Ways to control it (2007)
The days after the deprivation of country (2006)
Collection of Political articles (2008)