Popular writer of radical identity and subjective travelogue in Nepali language, Dr Taranath Sharma (Tana Sharma) died at the age of 87 on Tuesday morning.
Born in Barbote, Ilam district, Sharma started studying Sanskrit. While studying in Benaras, India, in 2013 BS, the ‘Jharrowadi Andolan’ started by Ballabha Mani Dahal, Bal Krishna Pokhrel and other friends has become a standard in the movement of Nepali literature.
Sharma, author of famous travelogues such as ‘Belaititar Baralinda’ and ‘Patal Pravas’, has published more than 100 books in Nepali, English, language and grammar.
Sharma had won the Madan Puraskar in 2026 BS for his collection of essays ‘Belaititar Baralinda’. Sharma’s essay ‘Ghanaghasyako Ukalo Katda’ in his secondary level curriculum has started to identify his informal and interesting style of writing.
According to Sharma’s nephew Dipendra Nath Sharma, Dr Tana Sharma, who has been suffering from dementia for a long time, had been suffering from health problems including heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
According to nephew Sharma, the last rites will be performed at Pashupati Aryaghat on Tuesday afternoon. Sharma has two sons and a wife.
