Ananda Dev Bhatta (; October 1936 – 30 August 2021) was a Nepali literaturist and politician, belonging to the
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of Nepal (), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana regime, feudalism, and imperialism. The founding general secretary ...
. He was the President of the
Progressive Writers' Movement
The Progressive Writers' Association or the Progressive Writers' Movement of India or ''Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind'' () or ''Akhil Bhartiya Pragatishil Lekhak Sangh'' (Hindi: अखिल भारतीय प्रगतिश ...
.
Education
Bhatta completed his Master's degree in English Literature in 1960 in Patna University, India. He received his post-graduate diploma from The University of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England in 1982. He received his Master's in Education degree from The University of London in 1983.
Bhatta contested the
1999 election in the
Baitadi-2 constituency, coming second with 7611 votes.
Election Commission of Nepal
References
1936 births
2021 deaths
Marxist writers
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) politicians
Neurological disease deaths in Nepal
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
People from Jumla District
Nepali-language writers
20th-century Nepalese writers
21st-century Nepalese writers
Alumni of the University of Leeds
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