Balkrishna Sama

Following his retirement in 1971, Sama continued writing, publishing many of his poems in nationally reputed magazines like Madhuparka and Ramjham. In fact, many of his works remain unpublished or incomplete, many of which he read out during literary programmes. His unpublished dramas include Gangalal, Aja, Milinad, Prem, Chinta, and Prandaan.

He worked as a lecturer teaching Nepali language and literature in Tri Chandra College. In 1955, he became director of Nepal Radio and chief editor of the newspaper Gorkhapatra. In 1967, he became a member of the Royal Nepal Academy when it was established, and later as the vice chancellor.

A majority of his time, Sama was alone at home finding peace in solitude, gradually spending more time in art and literary activities. He started publishing his writings in reputed magazines such as Sarada, Udhyog, and Shahitya Shrot. Afterwards, he shortened his surname "Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana" to "Sama" because he no longer wished to be associated with a ruling regime that had once governed Nepal with autocracy. His drama Bhater, published in Pragati in 1953, reflects his feelings on human rights.

Sama also wrote stories, poems, essays, compositions, and biographies. His contemporaries Laxmi Prasad Devkota and Lekhnath Poudyal were involved in writing poetry. Aago Ra Paani and Chiso Chulho are his popular epics. He wrote an essay Nepal Lalit Kala on Nepalese art, as well as the biography Hamra Rastriya Bhibhutiharu and the two-part autobiography Mero Kabita Ko Aradhana. His best-known short story, Kaikai, was published in 1938. His short story collection book, Taltal, was published posthumously in 1990.

Balkrishna Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana or Bala Krishna Sama (Nepali: बालकृष्ण सम; 8 February 1903 - 20 June 1981) was a Nepalese dramatist. For his great contributions to Nepali literature, he was awarded the title Natya Siromani (Crest-jewel of playwright). He is considered as one of the trimurti (trinity) of Nepali literature alongside Laxmi Prasad Devkota and Lekhnath Paudyal. He is often called the "Shakespeare" of Nepal.

He was born on February 8, 1903 to General Samar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana and Kirtirajyalaksmi Rana in Gyaneshwar, Kathmandu. He married Mandakini in 1921. Sama was awarded with the Tribhuwan Puraskar from Nepal Rajakiya Pragya Prathistan in 1972. The same year he received the Bishesh Upadhi from Tribhuvan University and in 1978, the Prithvi Pragya Puraskar from Pragya Pratisthan. He died in 1981.