Shashikala Manandhar

Shashikala Manandhar (born 1960) is a Nepalese novelist.

The first female novelist writing in the Nepal Bhasa language, she also writes in Nepali.

[1] Manandhar was born in 1960 in Nepal's capital of Kathmandu.

[1] although by then she had published Nami in 1982,[2] a collection of short stories; and other literary publications.

[1] On 15 January 2003, Manandhar was received the Ganki-Basundhara Award by the Ganki-Basundhara Award Academy.