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{{Short description|Indian-Nepali writer (1919–2019)}}
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'''<span lang="nepali" dir="ltr">Haiman</span> Das Rai''', (1919–2019) better known by his [[Pen name|nom de plume]] '''Kirat''', was an Indian writer, Nepali [[litterateur]], and social worker.

== Literary work ==
Kirat received the Rashtrapari Sikshak Award in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/chief-minister-condoles-demise-of-nepali-litterateur-haiman-das-rai-kirat-363562?infinitescroll=1|title = Chief Minister condoles demise of Nepali litterateur Haiman das Rai Kirat|date = 15 July 2019}}</ref> He received the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]] for outstanding contribution to [[Nepali literature]] in 2008 for his work on ''Kehi Namileka Rekhaharu''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp |title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards :: |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Gorkha Territorial Administration for outstanding contribution to Nepali literature.

Along with his own writings, Kirat was a publisher in his early life. He published numerous books of eminent Nepali authors in the 1950s and 1960s when Nepali books were published from [[Varanasi]].{{fact|date=May 2023}}

The 10 published short-story anthologies penned by Kirat are: ''Chaukidar'' (1953), ''Abhaginiko Sathi'' (1955), ''Binayo'' (1956), ''Bijay'' (1965), ''Batuwa'' (1957), ''Aandhibehri'' (1961), ''Pankhee'' (2000), ''Taha Namileka Rekhaharoo-1'' (2006), ''Taha Namileka Rekhaharoo-2'' (2007), ''Hiking'' (2010).

== Early life ==
Born 1919, Kirat began writing at the age of 15. He favored writing about the lifestyle of the middle-class, and his first story was published in "''Sarada''," then Nepal's
Journal/Magazine in 1934. Kirat later became a literary publisher, and established the publishing house
"Nav Yug Pustak Mandir". He promoted Nepali writers such as Lt. Indra Bahadur Rai, Hari Bhakhta Katuwal, Chandra Sanha Pradhan, and Nar Bahadur Dahal .<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://siliguritimes.com/haimandas-rai-kirat-passes-away-at-the-age-of-101/ |title=Haimandas Rai 'Kirat' passes away at the age of 101 - Siliguri Times | Siliguri News Updates |access-date=2020-08-14 |archive-date=2020-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811042705/https://siliguritimes.com/haimandas-rai-kirat-passes-away-at-the-age-of-101/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Death ==
Kirat died on 15 July 2019 at age 101 in the [[Malbazar|Malbazaar]] sub-divisional hospital in the [[Dooars]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/noted-nepali-litterateur-no-1502778548.html|title = Noted Nepali litterateur no more| website=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date = 16 July 2019}}</ref> Many senior writers of Nepali literature, political leaders, and social activists expressed their condolences to his family and attended his funeral service.{{fact|date=May 2023}}

== References ==
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[[Category:1919 births]]
[[Category:2019 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian men centenarians]]
[[Category:Indian Gorkhas]]
[[Category:People from Jalpaiguri district]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Nepali]]
[[Category:Rai people]]
[[Category:Writers from West Bengal]]

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