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{{Short description|Indian Nepali language writer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bikram Bir Thapa
| image =
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| other_names = Vikramveer Thapa <br/> Bikrambir Thapa
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|2|22|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Shillong]], [[Undivided Assam]] <br/> (<small>present-day [[Meghalaya]]</small>)
| occupation = Writer, painter
| years_active =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| awards = [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Nepali|Sahitya Akademi Award for Nepali]]
}}
'''Bikram Bir Thapa''' ({{Langx|ne|विक्रमवीर थापा}}; also called '''Vikramveer Thapa;''' 22 February 1948) is an Indian painter and [[Nepali language]] writer, best known for his [[short stories]]. In 1999, he won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Nepali|Sahitya Akademi Award for Nepali language]] for his work ''Bishaun Shatabdi Ki Monalisa''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dhungel |first=Pankaj |date=2022-08-20 |title=Sikkim: Nepali Bhasa Diwas observed at awards ceremony |url=http://www.eastmojo.com/sikkim/2022/08/20/sikkim-nepali-bhasa-diwas-observed-at-awards-ceremony/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=EastMojo |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Bikram Bir Thapa was born on 22 February 1948 in [[Shillong]], [[Meghalaya]] to father Raghuvir Thapa Magar and mother Kaushalya Devi Thapa Magar .<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=साहित्यकार विक्रमवीर थापाको संक्षिप्त जीवनी र व्यक्तित्वको अध्ययन |url=https://www.samakalinsahitya.com/sahitya/details/7512 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=समकालीन साहित्य प्रतिष्ठान |language=ne}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=पूर्वाेत्तर भारतीय कलामा नेपाली संस्कृति |url=https://www.himalkhabar.com/news/114823 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=Himal Khabar |language=ne}}</ref> His father was a retired Gurkha [[Subedar]] who died when Thapa was 4 years old.<ref name=":0" /> On 16 May 1968, he joined the [[Indian Army]] in the [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of [[5th Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]] and participated in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-07-01 |title=Dakhar still |url=https://www.himalmag.com/dakhar-still/ |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Himal Southasian |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Career ==
He first published his first story in 1969, called ''Communist'' in the Tarun newspaper from [[Shillong]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=विक्रमवीर थापाको औपन्यासिक शिल्प |url=https://www.samakalinsahitya.com/sahitya/details/3940 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=समकालीन साहित्य प्रतिष्ठान |language=ne}}</ref> In 1983, Thapa published romantic novel, ''Bigatko Parivesh Bhitra'', set in his hometown.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Subba |first=Tanka Bahadur |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rBDcenRzHJAC |title=Indian Nepalis: Issues and Perspectives |date=2009 |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |isbn=978-81-8069-446-2 |pages=206–210 |language=en}}</ref> His ''Teestadekhi Sutlejsamma'' deals with the identity crisis of the [[Indian Gorkha]]s.<ref name=":1" />

In 1999, he was awarded the prestigious [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Nepali|Sahitya Akademi Award for Nepali language]] for his work ''Bishaun Shatabdi Ki Monalisa''.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Chettri |first1=Bhanu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yd5jAAAAMAAJ |title=An Anthology of Nepali Short Stories in English |last2=Subba |first2=Mangal Singh |date=1999 |publisher=Munal Prakashan Sangsthan |pages=209 |language=en}}</ref> Bikram Bir Thapa Library School is one of the earliest Nepali-language school in Meghalaya, which is named after him.<ref>{{Cite web |title=मेघालयमा नेपाली समुदाय |url=https://ekantipur.com/12/2010/05/26/312138.html |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=Kantipur |language=ne}}</ref>

== Publications ==

* ''Communist'' ({{Langx|ne|कम्युनिष्ट}}), 1969
* ''Upahar'' ({{Langx|ne|उपहार}}), 1973/74
* ''Bigatko Parivesh Bhitra'' ({{Langx|ne|विगतको परिवेशभित्र}}), novel, 1983<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last= |title=नष्ट पुस्तक |url=https://nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com/others/116788-1487400420.html |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=Nagarik |language=ne}}</ref>
* ''Teestadekhi Sutlejsamma'' ({{Langx|ne|टिस्टादेखि सतलजसम्म}}), novel, 1986<ref name=":2" />
* ''Hatya: Rato Dairyko'' ({{Langx|ne|हत्या: रातो डायरीको}}), 1994<ref name=":2" />
* ''Bishaun Shatabdi Ki Monalisa'' ({{Langx|ne|बीसौं शताब्दीकी मोनालिसा}}), 1997
* ''Mato Boldo Ho'' ({{Langx|ne|माटो बोल्दो हो}}), novel, 2007
* ''Manisingh Gurung'' ({{Langx|ne|मणिसिंह गुरुङ}}), biography, 2010
* ''Kargil Yuddha'' ({{Langx|ne|कारगिल युद्ध}}), autobiography, 2016

== Awards ==

* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Nepali|Sahitya Akademi Award]] (1999) for ''Bishaun Shatabdi Ki Monalisa''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bhaṭṭarāī |first=Ghaṭarāja |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c1-TAAAAIAAJ |title=Nepālī sāhityakāra paricaya kośa: Nepali sahityakar parichaya kosh |date=1994 |publisher=Neśanala Risarca Eśosiyaṭsa |pages=342 |language=ne}}</ref>
* Kanchenjunga National Award by [[Nepali Sahitya Parishad Sikkim]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 August 2022 |title=नेपाली साहित्य परिषद् सिक्किमद्वारा भाषा मान्यता दिवस पालन – |url=http://www.therepublicindian.com/?p=19962 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=The Republic Indian Infotainment |language=ne}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Nepali]]

== References ==
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[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:People from Shillong]]
[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
[[Category:Indian novelists]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Nepali]]
[[Category:Nepali-language Indian writers]]
[[Category:Indian Gorkhas]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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