1. Toya Gurung served as the first female executive member of the Royal Nepal Academy.
10 Facts About Toya Gurung
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Toya Gurung headed the poetry department of Nepal Academy from 1994 to 2004.
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Toya Gurung poems have been translated in Hindi and English.
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Toya Gurung was born on 30 March 1948 in Kodari village of Sindhupalchowk district, a village near the Sino-Nepalese border as the eldest of seven children to father Purna Bahadur Gurung and mother Padma Kumari Gurung.
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Toya Gurung's father was a Royal Nepal Army Major due to which she spent her childhood in multiple districts of Nepal.
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Toya Gurung received a master's degree in arts and a degree in law.
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Toya Gurung worked in a bank as a clerk to fund her education.
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Toya Gurung was one of the founding member of the PEN Nepal.
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Toya Gurung has received multiple awards for her works such as 'Pratibha Puraskar' in 1986, 'Bethit Literary Award' in 1988 and Ratna Shree gold medal in 1989.
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Toya Gurung was awarded with Gangadevi Chaudhari Smriti Samman in 2017.