Banira Giri

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{{short description|Nepali poet}}
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'''Banira Giri''' (11 April 1946 – 24 May 2021) was a Nepali poet who published many works such as ''Karagar'', ''Mero Aviskar'' – poetry collection, ''Sabdatit Shantanu'' etc.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/acq/ovop/delhi/salrp/BaniraGiri.html |title=Banira Giri - Nepali poet: The South Asian Literary Recordings Project (Library of Congress New Delhi Office) |publisher=Loc.gov |date=1946-04-11 |accessdate=2014-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Part-Time & Freelance Jobs |url=http://bossnepal.com/poetess-dr-banira-giri/ |title=Poetess Dr. Banira Giri |publisher=Boss Nepal |date=2013-01-30 |accessdate=2014-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/23468/Banira-Giri |title=Banira Giri (poet) - Nepal - Poetry International |publisher=Poetryinternationalweb.net |date= |accessdate=2014-04-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/giri.html |title=The Drunken Boat |publisher=The Drunken Boat |date= |accessdate=2014-04-12}}</ref>

She was the first woman to be awarded a [[Ph.D]] by [[Tribhuvan University]] for her thesis on the poetry of [[Gopal Prasad Rimal]].<ref>{{Cite web
| title = Banira Giri (b. 1946)
| work = Himalayan Voices
| accessdate = 2014-07-11
| date = 1991
| url = http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft729007x1&chunk.id=d0e8862&toc.depth=1&toc.id=d0e8862&brand=ucpress
}}</ref>

On the night of May 24, 2021, Giri died after suffering a [[heart attack]] with [[COVID-19]], at the age of 75.<ref>[https://www.thehimalayantimes.com/ampArticle/1003497 Veteran poet Banira Giri passes away]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.poetryinternational.org/pi/poet/23468 Banira Giri] at [[Poetry International Web|Poetry International]]
* [https://www.dictionnaire-creatrices.com/fiche-banira-giri Banira Giri] at {{ill|Dictionnaire-Creatrices|fr|Dictionnaire universel des créatrices}}

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[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2021 deaths]]
[[Category:Nepalese women poets]]
[[Category:Nepali-language writers]]
[[Category:People from Darjeeling district]]
[[Category:Tribhuvan University alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century Nepalese poets]]
[[Category:21st-century Nepalese women writers]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Nepal]]

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