Russian writer Potyomkina honoured

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Jan. 7: The Nepalbhasha Academy awarded a certificate of honour to Russian writer Tamara Potyomkina for her significant contribution to promoting Nepalbhasha language and literature internationally. 

The certificate was handed over to her representative at an event organised in Kirtipur on the occasion of the academy’s foundation day.

Tamara Viktorovna Potyomkina published the book 'Getting to Know Nepal' in collaboration with the late Krishna Prakash Shrestha in 2022. The collection contains 34 poems by sixteen representative Nepalbhasha poets, including Ranjit Malla, Siddhidas Amatya Mahaju, Chittadhar Hriday, Yogbir Singh, Shukraraj Shastri, Kedarman Vyathit, Hridaychandra Singh Pradhan, Ranjana Udas, Basu Shashi, Dharmaditya Dharmacharya (Jagat Man Vaidya), Dharmaratna Yami, Siddhicharan Shrestha, Baikuntha Prasad Lakaul, Ratna Dhwoj Joshi, Rajbhai Jakami, and Balgopal Shrestha. 

The book also includes one poem by Poonam Thakur in Maithili and ten Nepali-language poems by Chandra Prakash Limbu, Sandesh Subba, Denjom Sampang, Savitra Luintel Ghimire, Sunita Rai, Desh Subba, Alka Malla, Krishna Prakash Shrestha, and Kala Pokharel Dahal, all translated into Russian. In addition, it contains five of the author’s own poems translated into Nepali.

Potyomkina is also a member of the Russian Writers’ Union and a board member of the Russia–Nepal Cooperation and Friendship Society. 

She has translated poems and literary works by more than forty Nepali poets and writers into Russian. She had recently edited the Russian version of the book "My Soviet Memories" by Ram Bindu Shrestha.